Dalytyphloplanida

Dalytyphloplanida
Strongylostoma elongatum spinosum.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Rhabdocoela
Suborder: Dalytyphloplanida
Willems, Wallberg, Jondelius, Littlewood, Backeljau, Schockaert & Artois, 2006
Subdivisions
  • Infraorder Neodalyellida
  • Infraorder Neotyphloplanida
  • Family Hypoblepharinidae
  • Family Luridae
  • Genus †Micropalaeosoma

Dalytyphloplanida is a suborder of rhabdocoel flatworms. It contains about 1000 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution in both marine and freshwater environments, with several groups having commensal or parasitic lifestyles.

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