Maricola is a suborder of triclad flatworms including species that mainly inhabit salt water environments. However, some species are also known from freshwater or brackish waters.[1]
| Maricola | |
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| Sabussowia ronaldi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Maricola Hallez, 1892 |
| Superfamilies | |
Taxonomy and phylogeny
editHistory
editThe Maricola group was first proposed by Hallez in 1892. He recognized three families: Otoplanida, Procerodida and Bdellourida.[2] Two years later, in 1884, Hallez renamed these families as Otoplanidae, Procerodidae and Bdellouridae.[3] In 1906 Böhmig classified the Maricola in two families and five subfamilies: Procerodidae (Euprocerodinae, Cercyrinae, Micropharynginae) and Bdellouridae (Uteriporinae, Eubdellourinae). In 1909 Wilhelmi wrote a monograph on the group in which five families were described: Procerodidae, Uteriporidae, Cercyridae, Bdellouridae, Micropharyngidae.[4] Von Graff used the same classification in 1916.[5] In 1989 Sluys recognized the six present families on the basis of phylogenetic analyses of the whole group.[6]
Classification
editTaxonomical classification after Sluys et al. 2009:[7]
- Order Tricladida
- Suborder Maricola
- Superfamily Cercyroidea
- Family Centrovarioplanidae
- Family Cercyridae
- Family Meixnerididae
- Superfamily Bdellouroidea
- Family Uteriporidae
- Family Bdellouridae
- Superfamily Procerodoidea
- Family Procerodidae
- Superfamily incerta sedis
- Genus Micropharynx
- Genus Tiddles
- Superfamily Cercyroidea
- Suborder Maricola
Phylogeny
editPhylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009:[7]
References
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- ^ Ball, I. R. 1974. La Faune Terrestre de l'Ile de Saint Hélène: Turbellaria Tricladida. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centrale, in 8. Zool.
- ^ Hallez, P. 1892. Catalogue des Turbellariés (Rhabdocoelides, Triclades et Dendrocoelides) du Nord de la France & de la Cote Boulonnaise. Rev Biol Nord Fra. 4:301-326; 338-350; 425-456.
- ^ Hallez, P. 1894. Catalogue des Rhabdocoelides, Triclades & Polyclades du Nord de la France. 2nd ed. Lille (France): L. Daniel. 239 p. + 2 pls.
- ^ Wilhelmi J. 1909. Triclade. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapal 32. Berlin (Germany): R. Friedländer und Sohn. I-XII+405 pp.
- ^ Von Graff L. 1912-17. Tricladida. In: Bronn HG, editor. Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs, Bd. IV Vermes, Abt. IC: Turbellaria, II Abt.: Tricladida. Leipzig (Germany): C. F. Winter. p. 2601-3369 + 34 pls.
- ^ Sluys, R. A monograph of the marine triclads. Rotterdam and Brookfield: A.A. Balkema. XII + 463 p.
- ^ a b Sluys, R.; Kawakatsu, M.; Riutort, M.; Baguñà, J. (2009). "A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)". Journal of Natural History. 43 (29–30): 1763–1777. doi:10.1080/00222930902741669.