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Cotylea

AphiaID

479183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479183)

Classification

Authority

Lang, 1884

Status

accepted

Rank

Suborder

Parent

Polycladida

Synonymised names

Cestoplanoidea Bahia, Padula & Schrödl, 2017 · unaccepted

Chromoplanoidea Bahia, Padula & Schrödl, 2017 · unaccepted (superfamilies in Cotylea not valid)

Euryleptoidea Faubel, 1984 · unaccepted

Direct children (18)

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Superfamily Anonymoidea Dittmann, Cuadrado, Aguado, Noreña & Egger, 2019
Superfamily Boninioidea Dittmann, Cuadrado, Aguado, Noreña & Egger, 2019
Family Cestoplanidae Lang, 1884
Family Dicteroidae Faubel, 1984
Family Diposthidae Woodworth, 1898
Superfamily Ditremagenioidea Faubel, 1984
Family Euryleptidae Stimpson, 1857
Superfamily Opisthogenioidea Faubel, 1984
Superfamily Periceloidea Bahia, Padula & Schrödl, 2017
Family Prosthiostomidae Lang, 1884
Family Pseudocerotidae Lang, 1884
Superfamily Pseudocerotoidea Faubel, 1984
Superfamily Cestoplanoidea Bahia, Padula & Schrödl, 2017 accepted as Cotylea
Superfamily Cestoplanoidea Poche, 1925 (name no longer used)
Superfamily Chromoplanoidea Bahia, Padula & Schrödl, 2017 accepted as Cotylea (superfamilies in Cotylea not valid)
Family Euryleptidae Lang, 1884 accepted as Euryleptidae Stimpson, 1857 (Wrong authority assignement (see authority note))
Superfamily Euryleptoidea Faubel, 1984 accepted as Cotylea
Superfamily Prosthiostomoidea Bahia, Padula & Schrödl, 2017 accepted as Prosthiostomidae Lang, 1884 (superfamilies in Cotylea not valid; superfamily with single family not accepted)

Environment

marine, brackish, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Cotylea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479183 on 2026-02-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-15 07:03:37Z

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Tyler, Seth

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Nomenclature

original description (of Euryleptoidea Faubel, 1984) Faubel, A. (1984). The Polycladida, Turbellaria; Proposal and establishment of a new system. Part 2. The Cotylea. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 81: 189-259. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cestoplanoidea Bahia, Padula & Schrödl, 2017) Bahia, J.; Padula, V.; Schrödl, M. (2017). Polycladida phylogeny and evolution: integrating evidence from 28S rDNA and morphology. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 17(3): 653-678., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-017-0327-5 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Chromoplanoidea Bahia, Padula & Schrödl, 2017) Bahia, J.; Padula, V.; Schrödl, M. (2017). Polycladida phylogeny and evolution: integrating evidence from 28S rDNA and morphology. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 17(3): 653-678., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-017-0327-5 [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (PeRMS) Reyes, J.; Velásquez-Rodriguez, K.; Severino, R.; Brusa, F. (2020). New record of Phrikoceros inca (Polycladida, Cotylea) from the central coast of Peru, with a review of polyclads known from Peruvian waters. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 57(3): 267-272., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2020.1861889 [details]

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