Dimarcusidae

Dimarcusidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Cavernicola
Family: Dimarcusidae
Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1972
Genera

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Dimarcusidae is a family of triclads that live in caves. It's the only family within the Cavernicola group.[1][2]

Genera

Four genera of Dimarcusidae are known:[3]

References

  1. Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1972 A new family, genus, and species of cave-adapted Planarian from Mexico (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Maricola). Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 8 pp. 1-16.
  2. Sluys, 1990 A monograph of the Dimarcusidae (Platyhelminthes, Seriata, Tricladida). Zoologica Scripta 19 pp. 13-29.
  3. Tyler, Schilling, Hooge & Bush 2006: Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.5 Database
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