Rhabditophora
Rhabditophora (from rhabdito-, rhabdite + Greek -φορος , bearer, i.e., "rhabdite bearers") is a class of flatworms. It includes all parasitic flatworms (clade Neodermata) and most free-living species that were previously grouped in the now obsolete class Turbellaria. Therefore, it contains the majority of species in the phylum Platyhelminthes, excluding only the catenulids, to which they appear to be the sister group.
11 branches of this subphylum, most-observed first
Planarians
orderTricladida
Polyclad Flatworms
orderPolycladida
Neodermata
superclassNeodermata
rhabdocela flatworms
orderRhabdocoela
Prolecithophora
orderProlecithophora
Macrostomorpha
superorderMacrostomorpha
Proseriate Flatworms
orderProseriata
Fecampiida
orderFecampiida
Prorhynchida
orderProrhynchida
Bothrioplanida
orderBothrioplanida
Gnosonesimida
orderGnosonesimida
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 152105.