Turbellaria
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See also: turbellaria
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin turbellae (“bustle, stir”), in reference to the stirring of water by the cilia of aquatic Turbellaria.
Proper noun
Turbellaria
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes – free-living flatworms.
Usage notes
- Recent evidence indicates that some circumscriptions of the class are paraphyletic and thus subject to major revision as to membership.
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Platyhelminthes – phylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Archoophora, Catenulida, Haplopharyngida, Lecithoepitheliata, Macrostomida, Polycladida, Prolecithophora, Rhabdocoela, Seriata, Tricladida - orders and subclasses
References
Turbellaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Turbellaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Turbellaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Turbellaria at World Register of Marine Species
- Turbellaria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Turbellaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Turbellaria at the Tree of Life Web Project
