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Dugesiidae is a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

of freshwater Tricladida

Tricladida

Tricladida is an order of the Turbellaria, a group of free-living flatworms.Tricladida is characterized by triply branched intestine and anteriorly situated ovaries, next to the brain. Today it is split into three suborders, according to their phylogenetic relationships: Maricola, Cavernicola...

distributed worldwide (except Antarctica). According to molecular analyses, Dugesiidae is the sister group of land planarians.

Genera

Eleven Dugesiidae genera are known:

Bopsula
Cura
Dugesia
Dugesia
Dugesia is a genus of dugesiid flatworms containing some common representatives of the class Turbellaria. These common flatworms are found in freshwater habitats. Their digestion tract consists of a central tubular pharynx. Each branch consists of ceca, which delivers the nutrients to the body...
Eviella
Girardia
Girardia
Girardia is a genus of freshwater triclad belonging to the Dugesiidae family.Until 1991 Girardia was considered a subgenus of Dugesia, then it was upgraded to the genus rank...
Neppia
Reynoldsonia
Romankenkius
Romankenkius
Romankenkius is a genus of invertebrate in the Dugesiidae family.-Species:It contains the following species:*Romankenkius bilineatus*Romankenkius boehmigi*Romankenkius conspectus*Romankenkius glandulosus*Romankenkius hoernesi...
Schmidtea
Schmidtea
Schmidtea is a freshwater planarian genus widely used in regeneration and developmental studies.Until 1991 Schmidtea was considered a Dugesia subgenus, then it was upgraded to the genus rank....
Spathula
Weissius

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