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Tricladida

LC control no.sh 85137490
LC classificationQL391.P7 Zoology
Topical headingTricladida
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Variant(s)Cavernicola
Continenticola
Maricola
Paludicola
Terricola
Triclads
See alsoTurbellaria
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Found inReynoldson, T.B. A key to the freshwater triclads of Britain and Ireland, 2000: p. 7 ("The Tricladida is a well-defined sub-order of the Turbellaria within the phylum Platyhelminthes ... Traditionally, the Tricladida are divided into three infra-orders, the marine Maricola, the terrestrial Terricola, and the freshwater Paludicola ... A recent study ... indicates that the Maricola is monophyletic ... the Terricola and Paludicola should be replaced with a new clade, the Continenticola, which comprises the freshwater families Dugesiidae, Planariidae, and Dendrocoelidae, plus the Terricola ... Carranza et al. (1998) also introduce the infra-order Cavernicola to describe the cave-dwelling triclads found in mainland European caves ...")
ITIS, Dec. 3, 2001 (Order Tricladida. Vernacular name: triclads. Subclass Archoophora, Class Turbellaria)