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]
- Balliania Gourbault, 1978
- Hausera Leal-Zanchet & Souza, 2014
- Mitchellia Kawakatsu & Chapman, 1983
- Opisthobursa Benazzi, 1972
- Rhodax Marcus, 1946
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Sluys, 1990 A monograph of the Dimarcusidae (Platyhelminthes, Seriata, Tricladida). Zoologica Scripta 19 pp. 13-29.
- ↑ Tyler, Schilling, Hooge & Bush 2006: Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.5 Database
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