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Acotylea
From the left to right of each row, from top to bottom: Stylochus stellatus, Callioplana marginata, and Paraplanocera marginata (Stylochoidea); Leptoplanoidea indet., Euplana gracilis, and Chimaeriplana japonica (Leptoplanoidea)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Polycladida
Suborder: Acotylea
Lang, 1884
Synonyms
  • Acotylina Pearse, 1936

Acotylea is a suborder of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms in the order Polycladida.

Description

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As currently defined, Acotylea includes polyclads with a Lang's vesicle in the female reproductive system and the male copulatory apparatus directed backwards. When tentacles are present, they are nuchal. The eyespot groups can be nuchal, cerebral, and marginal.[1]

Taxonomy

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The internal classification of Acotylea has been unstable, with some genera and families constantly changing place as new molecular and morphological data are analyzed. The current classification is presented below:[2][3][4]

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