Stylochidae
Appearance
Stylochidae | |
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Stylochus pilidium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Polycladida |
Suborder: | Acotylea |
Family: | Stylochidae |
Stylochidae is a family of polyclad flatworms.[1] It includes the species Stylochus zebra, which usually lives in shells occupied by the hermit crab Pagurus pollicaris, though it can sometimes be found free living on rocks and pilings.[2]
The family contains the following 6 genera containing 36 accepted species:[3]
- Cryptostylochus
- Distylochus
- Kataria
- Leptostylochus
- Stylochopsis
- Stylochus
- Stylochus alexandrinus
- Stylochus argus
- Stylochus bermudensis
- Stylochus cinereus
- Stylochus conglomeratus
- Stylochus crassus
- Stylochus ellipticus
- Stylochus flevensis
- Stylochus frontalis
- Stylochus limosus
- Stylochus luteus
- Stylochus mediterraneus
- Stylochus neapolitanus
- Stylochus pillidum
- Stylochus plessissii
- Stylochus pygmaeus
- Stylochus teuricus
- Stylochus vesiculatus
- Stylochus zanzibaricus
- Stylochus zebra
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