Turbellaria
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See also: turbellaria
Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/TurbellerianWynaad.jpg/220px-TurbellerianWynaad.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin turbellae (“bustle, stir”), in reference to the stirring of water by the cilia of aquatic Turbellaria.
Proper noun
[edit]Turbellaria
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes – free-living flatworms.
Usage notes
[edit]- Recent evidence indicates that some circumscriptions of the class are paraphyletic and thus subject to major revision as to membership.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum
Hyponyms
[edit]- (class): Archoophora, Catenulida, Haplopharyngida, Lecithoepitheliata, Macrostomida, Polycladida, Prolecithophora, Rhabdocoela, Seriata, Tricladida - orders and subclasses
References
[edit]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