Dugesiidae
| Dugesiidae | |
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| Girardia sp. (top) and Dugesia sp. (down) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Rhabditophora |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Continenticola |
| Superfamily: | Geoplanoidea |
| Family: |
Dugesiidae Ball, 1974 |
| Genera | |
Dugesiidae is a family of freshwater Tricladida distributed worldwide (except Antarctica). According to molecular analyses, Dugesiidae is the sister group of land planarians.
The type genus is Dugesia Girard, 1850.
Phylogenetic supertree including all major triclad groups after Sluys et al., 2009:
Dugesiidae
Phylogenetic tree including five dugesiid genera after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008:
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