Planariidae

Planariidae
Polycelis felina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Superfamily:	Planarioidea
Family:	Planariidae Stimpson, 1857
Genera
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Planariidae is a family of freshwater planarians.

The type genus is Planaria Müller, 1776. ^[1]

Genera

Twelve genera of Planariidae are known: ^[2]

• Atrioplanaria
• Bdellasimilis
• Crenobia
• Digonoporus
• Hymanella
• Ijimia
• Paraplanaria
• Phagocata
• Plagnolia
• Planaria
• Polycelis
• Seidlia

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009: ^[2]

Tricladida	Maricola Cavernicola Continenticola Planarioidea Planariidae Kenkiidae Dendrocoelidae Geoplanoidea Dugesiidae Geoplanidae

References

1. Ball IR: A contribution to the phylogeny and biogeography of the freshwater triclads (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria). Biology of the Turbellaria (Edited by: Riser NW and Morse MP). New York: McGraw-Hill New York 1974 , 339-401.
2. Sluys, R.; Kawakatsu, M.; Riutort, M.; Baguñà, J. (2009). "A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)". Journal of Natural History. 43 (29–30): 1763–1777. doi:10.1080/00222930902741669.