Kingdom Animalia Order Tricladida Superfamily Geoplanoidea Higher classification Geoplanoidea | Phylum Platyhelminthes Suborder Continenticola 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
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