Plagiostomidae
Sign in to savePlagiostomidae is a family of marine, free-living flatworms in the order Prolecithophora.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- OrderProlecithophora
- FamilyPlagiostomidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1
- Family
- Plagiostomidae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States
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Plagiostomidae is a family of marine, free-living flatworms in the order Prolecithophora.
== Description == Species of Plagiostomidae have an oblong body with the mouth at the anterior end and the gonopore near or at the posterior end. They typically have one or two pairs of eyes and lack a brain capsule and a ciliated groove around the anterior end of the body.
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