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Microstomidae

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The Microstomidae are a family of small basal free-living flatworms (Macrostomida, Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes), and members of the marine, brackish, freshwater meiobenthos and plankton. There are currently about 40 named species in this family.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. OrderDolichomicrostomida
  4. FamilyMicrostomidae
Habitatmarine, freshwater

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Specimen records
1
Family
Microstomidae
Collections
AM
Recorded in
South Africa

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Macrostomida
Image
Microstomum papillosum.JPG
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Commons category
Microstomidae
taxon name
Microstomidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Microstomidae
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The Microstomidae are a family of small basal free-living flatworms (Macrostomida, Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes), and members of the marine, brackish, freshwater meiobenthos and plankton. There are currently about 40 named species in this family.

== References ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Microstomidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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