Turbellaria

See also: turbellaria

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin turbellae (“bustle, stir”), in reference to the stirring of water by the cilia of aquatic Turbellaria.

Proper noun

Turbellaria

A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes – the free-living flatworms.

Usage notes

Recent evidence indicates that some circumscriptions of the class are paraphyletic and thus subject to major revision as to membership.

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum

Hyponyms

(class): Archoophora, Catenulida, Haplopharyngida, Lecithoepitheliata, Macrostomida, Polycladida, Prolecithophora, Rhabdocoela, Seriata, Tricladida - orders and subclasses

References

Turbellaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Turbellaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Turbellaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Turbellaria at World Register of Marine Species
Turbellaria on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Turbellaria at the Tree of Life Web Project
Turbellaria at Encyclopedia of Life
Turbellaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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