Dendrocoelidae

Dendrocoelidae
Dendrocoelum cavaticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Tricladida
Superfamily: Planarioidea
Family: Dendrocoelidae
Hallez, 1892
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Dendrocoelidae is a family of freshwater tricladida flatworms that has a holarctic distribution.[1]

The largest freshwater triclad known belongs to this family, it's up to 40 cm in length and inhabits the Lake Baikal.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sluys2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Kozhov, M. 1963. Lake Baikal and Its Life. The Hague: W. Junk. vii + 344pp.