Turbellarians taxon details
Dimarcusidae Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1972
Opisthobursidae Benazzi & Giannini, 1973 · unaccepted
- Genus Balliania Gourbault, 1978
- Genus Kawakatsua Sluys, 2019
- Genus Novomitchellia Özdikmen, 2010
- Genus Opisthobursa Benazzi, 1972
- Genus Rhodax Marcus, 1946
- Genus Debeauchampia Benazzi, 1981 accepted as Procerodes Girard, 1850
- Genus Dimarcus Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1972 accepted as Opisthobursa Benazzi, 1972
- Genus Mitchellia Kawakatsu & Chapman, 1983 accepted as Novomitchellia Özdikmen, 2010 (Homonym of Mitchellia Koninck, 1877 (fossil gastropod genus))
fresh, terrestrial
Mitchell, R. W.; Kawakatsu, M. (1972). A new family, genus, and species of cave-adapted Planarian from Mexico (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Maricola). Occasional Papers Mus Texas Tech Univ, 8: 1-16
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page(s): 1 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Dimarcusidae Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1972. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479229 on 2026-02-06
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Mitchell, R. W.; Kawakatsu, M. (1972). A new family, genus, and species of cave-adapted Planarian from Mexico (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Maricola). Occasional Papers Mus Texas Tech Univ, 8: 1-16
page(s): 1 [details]
original description (of Opisthobursidae Benazzi & Giannini, 1973) Benazzi, M.; Giannini, E. (1973). A remarkable cave planarian: Opisthobursa mexicana Benazzi, 1972. In: Subterranean fauna of Mexico. Part II. Further results of the Italian zoological missions to Mexico. Probl Att Sci Cult, Accad Naz Lincei, 171:47-54+4pl
page(s): 53 [details]
source of synonymy (of Opisthobursidae Benazzi & Giannini, 1973) Sluys, R. (1990). A monograph of the Dimarcusidae (Platyhelminthes, Seriata, Tricladida). Zool Scr, 19:13-29
page(s): 14 [details]
page(s): 1 [details]
original description (of Opisthobursidae Benazzi & Giannini, 1973) Benazzi, M.; Giannini, E. (1973). A remarkable cave planarian: Opisthobursa mexicana Benazzi, 1972. In: Subterranean fauna of Mexico. Part II. Further results of the Italian zoological missions to Mexico. Probl Att Sci Cult, Accad Naz Lincei, 171:47-54+4pl
page(s): 53 [details]
source of synonymy (of Opisthobursidae Benazzi & Giannini, 1973) Sluys, R. (1990). A monograph of the Dimarcusidae (Platyhelminthes, Seriata, Tricladida). Zool Scr, 19:13-29
page(s): 14 [details]
