Free-living flatworms with a leaf-like shape and a ciliated epithelium.
Source: Prudhoe, 1982; Ball and Reynoldson, 1981.
The following taxa of this class occur in the region:
Order Polycladida Suborder Acotylea Superfamily Cestoplanoidea Family Cestoplanidae Genus Cestoplana Superfamily Planoceroidea Family Leptoplanidae Genus Leptoplana Genus Notoplana Genus Stylochoplana Family Planoceridae Genus Planocera Superfamily Stylochoidea Family Cryptocelididae Genus Cryptocelis Family Plehniidae Genus Discocelides Family Polyposthiidae Genus Cryptocelides Genus Polyposthia Suborder Cotylea Family Euryleptidae Genus Cycloporus Genus Eurylepta Genus Oligocladus Genus Prostheceraeus Genus Stylostomum Order Seriata Suborder Tricladida Infraorder Maricola Family Procerodidae Genus Micropharynx Genus Procerodes Genus Sabussowia Family Uteriporidae Genus Foviella Genus Uteriporus Cestoplana rubrocincta Cryptocelides loveni Cryptocelis equiheni Cycloporus maculatus Cycloporus papillosus Discocelides langi Eurylepta cornuta Foviella affinis Leptoplana schizoporellae Leptoplana tremellaris Micropharynx parasitica Notoplana atomata Oligocladus sanguinolentus Planocera folium Polyposthia similis Procerodes littoralis Prostheceraeus vittatus Sabussowia dioica Stylochoplana maculata Stylostomum ellipse Uteriporus vulgaris
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Platyhelminthes Class Turbellaria
Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this taxon
Ball, I.R. & T.B. Reynoldson, 1981. British Planarians. Synopses of the British Fauna (N.S.), 19.
Prudhoe, S., 1982. British Polyclad Turbellarians. Synopses of the British Fauna (N.S.), 26.
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