''Procerodes'' is a genus of marine
triclad
A planarian is one of the many flatworms of the traditional class (biology), class Turbellaria. It usually describes free-living flatworms of the order Tricladida (triclads), although this common name is also used for a wide number of free-li ...
s. It is the only genus in the monotypic
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .
[Diesing, 1862 : ''Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen.'' Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 45 pp. 191-318.]
Ecology
Although it is mainly a marine family, specimens living in freshwater have been reported, mainly from
oceanic islands
Oceanic may refer to:
*Of or relating to the ocean
*Of or relating to Oceania
** Oceanic climate
** Oceanic languages
**Oceanic person or people, also called "Pacific Islander(s)"
Places
* Oceanic, British Columbia, a settlement on Smith Island ...
of the
Southern Hemisphere.
[Ball, I. R. 1974. La Faune Terrestre de l'Ile de Saint Hélène: Turbellaria Tricladida. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centrale, in 8. Zool.]
Species
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Procerodes anatolicus
''Procerodes'' is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .Diesing, 1862 : ''Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen.'' Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss C ...
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Procerodes australis
''Procerodes'' is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .Diesing, 1862 : ''Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen.'' Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss C ...
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Procerodes dahli
''Procerodes'' is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .Diesing, 1862 : ''Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen.'' Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss C ...
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Procerodes dohrni
''Procerodes'' is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .Diesing, 1862 : ''Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen.'' Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss C ...
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Procerodes lacteus
''Procerodes'' is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .Diesing, 1862 : ''Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen.'' Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss C ...
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Procerodes littoralis''
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Procerodes lobatus
''Procerodes'' is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .Diesing, 1862 : ''Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen.'' Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss C ...
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Procerodes pacificus
''Procerodes'' is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .Diesing, 1862 : ''Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen.'' Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss C ...
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Procerodes plebeius
''Procerodes'' is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .Diesing, 1862 : ''Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen.'' Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss C ...
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Procerodes variabilis
''Procerodes'' is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .Diesing, 1862 : ''Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen.'' Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss C ...
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References
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