Turbellarians taxon details
Catenulida
- Family Catenulidae Graff, 1905
- Family Chordariidae Marcus, 1945
- Family Paracatenulidae Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2023
- Family Retronectidae Sterrer & Rieger, 1974
- Family Stenostomidae Vejdovsky, 1880
- Family Tyrrheniellidae Riedl, 1959
marine, fresh
Meixner, J. (1924). Studien zu einer Monographie der Kalyptorhynchia und zum System der Turbellaria Rhabdocoela. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 60: 89-105, 113–125. [details] Available for editors 
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Catenulida. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2849 on 2025-07-07
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Meixner, J. (1924). Studien zu einer Monographie der Kalyptorhynchia und zum System der Turbellaria Rhabdocoela. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 60: 89-105, 113–125. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. <em>In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium.</em> pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. <em>In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium.</em> pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Classification The classification used here is a compromise between the more traditional taxonomy of Neodermata vs. the turbellarians. Yet it reflects the fact that Neodermata is within free-living flatworms (i.e. turbellaria are paraphyletic). It mentions all traditional taxa that are found in phylogenetic studies (e.g. Laumer et al., 2015). Many of the "in-between" higher level taxa (such as Trepaxonemata etc.) are no longer in WoRMS (probably more user friendly that way). This also means an asymmetry between turbellarians (nine ordines) and Neodermata (superclass with three classes). [details]
