Turbellarians taxon details
Xenoturbellida
368158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368158)
Bourlat, Juliusdottir, Lowe, Freeman, Aronowicz et al., 2006
accepted
Infraphylum
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bourlat S.J., Juliusdottir T., Lowe C.J., Freeman R., Aronowicz J., Kirschner M., Lander E.S., Thorndyke M., Nakano H., Kohn A.B., Heyland A., Moroz L.L., Copley R.R. & Telford M.J., 2006. Deuterostome phylogeny reveals monophyletic chordates and the new phylum Xenoturbellida. Nature 444: 85-88, available online at http://comparativephys.ca/heylandlab/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2006/08/Bourlat-et-al.-2006.pdf [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Xenoturbellida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368158 on 2026-04-27
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Bourlat S.J., Juliusdottir T., Lowe C.J., Freeman R., Aronowicz J., Kirschner M., Lander E.S., Thorndyke M., Nakano H., Kohn A.B., Heyland A., Moroz L.L., Copley R.R. & Telford M.J., 2006. Deuterostome phylogeny reveals monophyletic chordates and the new phylum Xenoturbellida. Nature 444: 85-88, available online at http://comparativephys.ca/heylandlab/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2006/08/Bourlat-et-al.-2006.pdf [details]
status source Redmond, A. K. (2024). Acoelomorph flatworm monophyly is a long-branch attraction artefact obscuring a clade of Acoela and Xenoturbellida. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 291(2031)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0329 [details]
status source Kück, P.; Wilkinson, M. (2026). Clarifying Xenacoelomorpha phylogeny: A polarized quartet-based analysis with SeaLion. <em>Gene.</em> 992: 150072., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2026.150072 [details]
status source Redmond, A. K. (2024). Acoelomorph flatworm monophyly is a long-branch attraction artefact obscuring a clade of Acoela and Xenoturbellida. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 291(2031)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0329 [details]
status source Kück, P.; Wilkinson, M. (2026). Clarifying Xenacoelomorpha phylogeny: A polarized quartet-based analysis with SeaLion. <em>Gene.</em> 992: 150072., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2026.150072 [details]
