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  Superphylum Platyzoa

Phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms)

    grade "Turbellaria" -- Wisconsin!
    Subphylum Neodermata

Taxon Information

The Phylum Platyhelminthes has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Platyhelminthes, "29,285 species" (Zhang, 2011).
• Platyhelminthes, [20,000 described species] (Brusca & Brusca, 2003).

Bibliography

• Zhang, Z.-Q. 2011. Animal biodiversity: An introduction to higher-level classification and taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 7-12. [Available online]
• Brusca, R.C. & G.J. Brusca. 2003. Invertebrates, 2nd edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Massachusetts. 936 pp.

Web Pages

• Animal Diversity Web
• Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Systema Naturae 2000
• Tree of Life
• WikiSpecies
• Wikipedia
• World Register of Marine Species