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Order of flatworms

Seriata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
Order: Seriata
Breslau, 1928-33

The Seriata are an order of turbellarian flatworms.

They are found in both freshwater and marine environments, and also include a number of species found in damp terrestrial conditions. Most are free-living, but the group includes the genus Bdelloura, which lives comensally on the gills of horseshoe crabs. Seriatans are distinguished from other related groups by the presence of a folded pharynx and of a number of diverticula arising from the intestine. The intestine itself may be either simple or branched.

References

  1. Artois, T. "World Register of Marine Species". Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  2. "Turbellarian Taxonomic Database". Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  3. Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-03-056747-6.
Taxon identifiers
Seriata


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