Planariidae is a

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of freshwater planarians. The

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Planaria ''Planaria'' is a genus of planarians in the family Planariidae. When an individual is cut into pieces, each piece has the ability to regenerate into a fully formed individual. Description Currently the genus ''Planaria'' is defined as fresh ...

'' Müller, 1776.Ball IR: A contribution to the phylogeny and biogeography of the freshwater triclads (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria). Biology of the Turbellaria (Edited by: Riser NW and Morse MP). New York: McGraw-Hill New York 1974 , 339-401.

Genera

Twelve genera of Planariidae are known: * '' Atrioplanaria'' * '' Bdellasimilis'' * ''

Crenobia ''Crenobia'' is a genus of planarians in the family Planariidae. It is endemic to Europe and Anatolia. Description The genus ''Crenobia'' includes planarians with an extremely thick muscle coat surrounding the genital atrium. The copulatory bu ...

'' * '' Digonoporus'' * '' Hymanella'' * '' Ijimia'' * '' Paraplanaria'' * ''

Phagocata ''Phagocata'' is a genus of planariid triclad A planarian is one of the many flatworms of the traditional class Turbellaria. It usually describes free-living flatworms of the order Tricladida (triclads), although this common name is al ...

'' * '' Plagnolia'' * ''

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Polycelis ''Polycelis'' is a genus of planarians in the family Planariidae. The genus was described in 1831 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (19 April 1795 – 27 June 1876) was a German Natural history, naturalist, zoologi ...

'' * '' Seidlia''

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009:

References

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