Turbellaria

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See also: turbellaria

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin turbellae (bustle, stir), in reference to the stirring of water by the cilia of aquatic Turbellaria.

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Turbellaria

  1. 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.

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