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Card 5/5

Name

Polycelis

Framing

Phylum: Platyhelminthes

Subphylum: Rhabditophora

Order: Tricladida

Genus: Polycelis

Habitat

Freshwater, benthic

Feeding

Carnivorous

Distribution

Holarctic

Conservation status

No threats.

Additional information

Tubular pharynx and intestine with three branches. Cephalic region bordered by numerous photoreceptor spots.

Additional information

Bibliography

Schockaert, E. R., Hooge, M., Sluys, R., Schilling, S., Tyler, S., & Artois, T. (2007). Global diversity of free living flatworms (Platyhelminthes,“Turbellaria”) in freshwater. Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment, 41-48.