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Dugesiidae

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Tricladida

Superfamily
  
Higher classification
  
Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Suborder
  
Scientific name
  
Dugesiidae

Rank
  
Family

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Lower classifications
  
Dugesia, Schmidtea polychroa

Dugesiidae is a family of freshwater Tricladida distributed worldwide (except Antarctica). According to molecular analyses, Dugesiidae is the sister group of land planarians.

The type genus is Dugesia Girard, 1850.

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic supertree including all major triclad groups after Sluys et al., 2009:


Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:

References

Dugesiidae Wikipedia


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