Turbellaria - Taxonomy

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Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

A listing of the taxonomy of turbellarian platyhelminths

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Platyhelminthes

[Hyman, 1951]

Plathelminthes

[Ehlers & Sopott-Ehlers, 1995]

"Turbellaria" Ehrenberg, 1831
- Acoelomorpha Ehlers, 1985
  - Nemertodermatida Karling, 1940
  - Acoela Uljanin, 1870
- Catenulida Graff, 1905
- Rhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
  - Macrostomorpha Doe, 1986
    - Haplopharyngida Karling, 1974
    - Macrostomida Karling, 1940
  - Polycladida Lang, 1881 (viz. Prudhoe, 1985)
  - "Lecithoepitheliata" Reisinger, 1924
  - Eulecithophora de Beauchamp, 1961
    - Prolecithophora Karling, 1940
    - Rhabdocoela Meixner, 1925
      - "Dalyellioida" Bresslau, 1933
      - Endoaxonemata Jondelius & Thollesson, 1993
      - Kalyptorhynchia Graff, 1905
      - "Typhloplanoida" Bresslau, 1933
      - Temnocephalida Blanchard, 1849
      - Revertospermata Kornakova & Joffe, 1999
        
        Fecampiida Rohde et al., 1994
        Mediofusata Kornakova & Joffe, 1999
        
        Urastomidae, Genostomatidae
        Neodermata Ehlers, 1985
        (includes all non-turbellarian platyhelminths, the traditional parasitic classes: Trematoda [Aspidogastrea + Digenea], Monogenea, and Cestoda)
    - Seriata Bresslau, 1933 Sopott-Ehlers, 1985
      - Proseriata Meixner, 1938
      - Bothrioplanida Sopott-Ehlers, 1985
      - Tricladida Lang, 1884
        
        Maricola Hallez, 1892
        Cavernicola Sluys, 1990
        Paludicola* Hallez, 1892
        Terricola* Hallez, 1892 *(or "Continenticola" nom. nud. Carranza et al., 1998)

database last modified: 18 May, 2004

About the taxonomic listing

Data in this listing were initially compiled by Louise Bush using programs developed by Seth Tyler. Dr. Bush's last update to the database was in 1991, the year of her death. Since 1991, the database has been updated by S. Tyler with help from Matt Hooge, Steve Schilling, and specialists on various groups of turbellarian platyhelminths, including Masaharu Kawakatsu and Ulrich Ehlers. Images of Rhabdocoela and Proseriata were kindly provided by Tom Artois and Ernest Schockaert of Universitair Centrum, Deipenbeek, Belgium. Images of Acoela, Prolecithophora, and other Rhabdocoela were provided by Matt Hooge.

The data pertaining to the Acoelomorpha is the most reliable, having been checked more thoroughly for accurracy in synonymy and literature citations. Notes in this section (reached with the "notes" links by the taxon names) are transcriptions from index cards that Louise Bush maintained. They summarize references to the taxa made in the literature (up to about 1991; more recent notes are separated from Bush's with a horizontal line). Steve Schilling is generously transcribing Bush's notes for this database and entering biogeographical data.

This is a work in progress. Copyrights for images remain with the original print publishers. Please send corrections to Seth Tyler, E-Mail styler@maine.edu

Cite as "Tyler S, Bush LF (comp.) (2003) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.2 http://devbio.umesci.maine.edu/styler/turbellaria"

Links to other databases on turbellarian platyhelminths

See also explanation of Platyhelminthes--the nature of a controversial phylum, which includes an explanation of Acoela and its relationship to the Platyhelminthes.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0118804.