Planariidae
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Planariidae is a family
of Tricladida
that inhabits the freshwater.
The type genus
is Planaria Müller, 1776.
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 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...
that inhabits the freshwater.
The type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
is Planaria Müller, 1776.
Genera
Twelve genera of Planariidae are known:- Albiplanaria
- Atrioplanaria
- Crenobia
- Galeocephala
- Hymanella
- Paraplanaria
- Penecurva
- Phagocata
- Plagnolia
- Planaria
- Polycelis
- Seidlia