Seriata
| Seriata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Turbellaria |
| Order: | Seriata Breslau, 1928-33 |
The Seriata are an order of turbellarian flatworms.[1][2]
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.[3]
References
- ↑ Artois, T. "World Register of Marine Species". Retrieved 11/03/2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Turbellarian Taxonomic Database". Retrieved 11/03/2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 230. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
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