Kingdom Animalia Phylum Platyhelminthes Order Tricladida | Class Rhabditophora Rank Suborder | |
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Similar Tricladida, Bdellouridae, Dendrocoelidae, Dugesiidae, Uteriporidae | ||
Maricola segunda versi n
Maricola is a suborder of triclads that include species that mainly inhabits salt water environments. However, some species are also known from freshwater or brackish waters.
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History
The Maricola group was first proposed by Hallez in 1892. He recognized three families: Otoplanida, Procerodida and Bdellourida. Two years later, in 1984, Hallez renamed these families as Otoplanidae, Procerodidae and Bdellouridae. In 1906 Böhmig classified the Maricola in two families and five subfamilies: Procerodidae (Euprocerodinae, Cercyrinae, Micropharynginae) and Bdellouridae (Uteriporinae, Eubdellourinae). In 1909 Wilhelmi wrote a monograph on the group in which five families were described: Procerodidae, Uteriporidae, Cercyridae, Bdellouridae, Micropharyngidae. Von Graff used the same classification in 1916. In 1989 Sluys recognized the six present families on the basis of phylogenetic analyses of the whole group.
Classification
Taxonomical classification after Sluys et al. 2009:
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009: