Dalytyphloplanida
Sign in to saveDalytyphloplanida is a suborder of rhabdocoel flatworms. It contains about 1000 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution in both marine and freshwater environments, with several groups having commensal or parasitic lifestyles.
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It is catalogued under the topic Rhabdocoela.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Suborder
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- OrderRhabdocoela
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- Rhabdocoela
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- Willems, Wallberg, Jondelius, Littlewood, Backeljau, Schockaert & Artois, 2006
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Dalytyphloplanida is a suborder of rhabdocoel flatworms. It contains about 1000 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution in both marine and freshwater environments, with several groups having commensal or parasitic lifestyles.
== Description == The suborder Dalytyphloplanida was recently erected based on molecular evidences and few synapomorphies are known. The possible identified synapomorphies include the presence of small dense granules, as well as an axonemal spur and a group of longitudinal microtubules in sperm cells.
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