Trepaxonemata

Trepaxonemata
Spermatozoa of various Trepaxonemata (transverse sections, transmission electron microscopy)
Spermatozoa of various Trepaxonemata (transverse sections, transmission electron microscopy)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Subphylum: Rhabditophora
Subclass: Trepaxonemata
Ehlers, 1985
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Trepaxonemata (from trepa-, spiral + axoneme) is a subclass of the Platyhelminthes or flatworms.[1] It includes all parasitic flatworms (clade Neodermata) and several free-living species that were previously grouped in the now obsolete class Turbellaria. Therefore, it contains the majority of species in the phylum Platyhelminthes, excluding the Catenulida, and the Macrostomorpha.

  1. ^ Ehlers, U. (1985). Das Phylogenetische System der Plathelminthes. Stuttgart: G. Fischer.