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Stylochidae
Sign in to saveStylochidae is a family of polyclad flatworms. It includes the species Stylochus zebra, which usually lives in shells occupied by the hermit crab Pagurus pollicaris, though it can sometimes be found free living on rocks and pilings.
Species
スチロヒラムシ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassTurbellaria
- OrderPolycladida
- FamilyStylochidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 36
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Stylochidae
- Collections
- NMV, USNM, AM, UF
- Recorded in
- Australia, United States, Panama, Oman
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polycladida
- Image
- Stylochus pilidium (Goette, 1881) 1.jpg
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Stylochidae is a family of polyclad flatworms. It includes the species Stylochus zebra, which usually lives in shells occupied by the hermit crab Pagurus pollicaris, though it can sometimes be found free living on rocks and pilings.
The family contains the following 6 genera containing 36 accepted species: Cryptostylochus Cryptostylochus coseirensis Cryptostylochus hullensis Cryptostylochus koreensis Distylochus Distylochus isifer Distylochus martae Distylochus pusillus Kataria Kataria gloriosa Leptostylochus Leptostylochus capensis Leptostylochus elongatus Leptostylochus gracilis Leptostylochus novacambrensis Leptostylochus pacificus Leptostylochus palombii Leptostylochus polysorus Stylochopsis Stylochopsis ellipticus Stylochopsis ponticus Stylochus Stylochus alexandrinus Stylochus argus Stylochus bermudensis Stylochus cinereus Stylochus conglomeratus Stylochus crassus Stylochus ellipticus Stylochus flevensis Stylochus frontalis Stylochus limosus Stylochus luteus Stylochus mediterraneus Stylochus neapolitanus Stylochus pillidum Stylochus plessissii Stylochus pygmaeus Stylochus teuricus Stylochus vesiculatus Stylochus zanzibaricus Stylochus zebra
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stylochidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.