Polycladida Temporal range:
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Pseudobiceros bedfordi (Persian carpet flatworm) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Subphylum: | Rhabditophora |
Order: | Polycladida Lang, 1884 [1] |
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The Polycladida[1] represents a highly diverse clade of free-living marine flatworms. They are known from the littoral to the sublittoral zone (extending to the deep hot vents), and many species are common from coral reefs. Only a few species are found in freshwater habitats.