- Tricladida
Taxobox
name = Triclads
image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Schmidtea mediterranea"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Platyhelminthes
classis =Turbellaria
subclassis =Archoophora
ordo = Tricladida
ordo_authority =Lang , 1884
subdivision_ranks =Sub orders
subdivision =
*Cavernicola
*Maricola
*Paludicola
*Terricola Tricladida (Triclads) [ITIS | ID = 54468 | taxon = Trachymedusae | year = 2007 |date=July 23] is an order of the
Turbellaria , a group of free-livingflatworms .Tricladida (Lang, 1884) is characterized by triply-branched intestine and anteriorly situated ovaries, next to the brain. Today it is split into three suborders, according to their habitats:
Maricola , which is marine;Paludicola , which inhabits freshwater; andTerricola , which is land-dwelling (Hallez 1892). Recently, the adding of a new suborder,Cavernicola (Sluys 1990), was proposed for freshwater cave species.Tricladida includes the
Planariidae (planarians).References
External links
* [http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/land_planarians.htm land planarians] on the
UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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