Dugesiidae
Dugesiidae is a family of freshwater Tricladida distributed worldwide (except Antarctica). According to molecular analyses, Dugesiidae is the sister group of land planarians.[3][4]
The type genus is Dugesia Girard, 1850.[5]
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic supertree including all major triclad groups after Sluys et al., 2009:[1]
Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:[4]
References
- 1 2 Sluys, R.; Kawakatsu, M.; Riutort, M.; Baguñà, J. (2009). "A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)". Journal of Natural History 43 (29–30): 1763–1777. doi:10.1080/00222930902741669.
- ↑ Sluys, R.; Solà, E.; Gritzalis, K.; Vila-Farré, M.; Mateos, E.; Riutort, M. (2013). "Integrative delineation of species of Mediterranean freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 (3): 523. doi:10.1111/zoj.12077.
- ↑ Carranza, S.; Littlewood, D. T.; Clough, K. A.; Ruiz-Trillo, I.; Baguñà, J.; Riutort, M. (1998). "A robust molecular phylogeny of the Tricladida (Platyhelminthes: Seriata) with a discussion on morphological synapomorphies". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 265 (1396): 631–640. doi:10.1098/rspb.1998.0341. PMC 1689013. PMID 9881470.
- 1 2 Álvarez-Presas, M.; Baguñà, J.; Riutort, M. (2008). "Molecular phylogeny of land and freshwater planarians (Tricladida, Platyhelminthes): From freshwater to land and back". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47 (2): 555–568. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.032. PMID 18359250.
- ↑ Ball, I. R.: A contribution to the phylogeny and biogeography of the freshwater triclads (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria). Biology of the Turbellaria (Edited by: Riser NW and Morse MP). New York: McGraw-Hill New York 1974, 339-401.
