Dendrocoelidae
Encyclopedia
Dendrocoelidae is a family
of freshwater tricladida
flatworms.
The largest triclad known belongs to this family, it's up to 40 cm in length and inhabits the Lake Baikal
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Dendrocoelidae is the sister group of Planariidae
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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...
flatworms.
The largest triclad known belongs to this family, it's up to 40 cm in length and inhabits the Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the...
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Dendrocoelidae is the sister group of Planariidae
Planariidae
Planariidae is a family of Tricladida that inhabits the freshwater.The type genus is Planaria Müller, 1776.-Genera:Twelve genera of Planariidae are known:*Albiplanaria*Atrioplanaria*Crenobia*Galeocephala*Hymanella...
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Genera
Dendrocoelidae genera known are the following:- Acromyadenium de Beauchamp, 1931
- Alaoplana Kenk, 1974
- Amyadenium de Beauchamp, 1931
- Anocelis Stimpson, 1857
- Apodendrocoelum de Beauchamp, 1931
- Archicotylus Korotneff, 1912
- Armilla Livanov, 1961
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Porfirieva, 1970 - Baikalobia Kenk, 1930
- Baikalocotylus Porfirieva, 1977
- Baikaloplana Berg, 1925
- Bdellocephala de Man, 1875
- Bolbodendrocoelum de Beauchamp, 1932
- Caspioplana Zabusova, 1951
- Dendrocoelides de Beauchamp, 1919
- Dendrocoelopsis Kenk, 1930
- Dendrocoelum Ørsted, 1844
- Eudendrocoelum Komarek, 1925
- Gerstfeldtia Sabussowa, 1911
- Hyperbulbina Livanov & Porfirjeva, 1962
- Hyperpapillina Porfirieva, 1973
- Miodendrocoelum de Beauchamp, 1929
- Monocotylus Korotneff, 1912
- Neodendrocoelum Stankovic & Komarek, 1927
- Palaeodendrocoelum Codreanu, 1949
- Papilloplana Kenk, 1974
- Paradendrocoelum Kenk, 1930
- Polycladodes Steinmann, 1910
- Procotyla Leidy, 1857
- Protocotylus Korotneff, 1908
- Rectocephala Hyman, 1953
- Rimacephalus Sabussov, 1901
- Rjabuschinskya Zabusov, 1916
- Sorocelis Grube, 1872
- Sorocelopsis Komarek, 1919