The order Seriata comprises neoophoran flatworms with serial arrangement of testes and vitellaria, backwards directed tubiform and plicate pharynx, and an elongate body shape. The order contains the proseriates and the triclads.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Platyhelminthes Class Turbellaria Order Seriata
Scientific synonyms and common names
Seriata Bresslau, 1928-33
Metamerata Reisinger, 1924
Bresslau, E. 1933. Turbellaria. In: W. Kükenthal and T. Krumbach, Handbuch der Zoologie, Bd. II, Erste Hälfte, Walter de Gruyter and Co, Berlin, Leipzig: 52-293.
