Geoplanoidea
{{Short description|Superfamily of flatworms}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Geoplana burmeisteri.jpg
| image_caption = Obama burmeisteri
| taxon = Geoplanoidea
| authority = Stimpson, 1857
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
}}
Geoplanoidea is a superfamily of freshwater and land triclads that comprises the species of the Geoplanidae and the Dugesiidae families.
Dugesiidae and Geoplanidae share a duplication of the cluster that codifies for the 18S ribosomal RNA.{{Cite journal | last1 = Carranza | first1 = S. | last2 = Littlewood | first2 = D. T.| last3 = Clough | first3 = K. A. | last4 = Ruiz-Trillo | first4 = I. | last5 = Baguñà | first5 = J. | last6 = Riutort | first6 = M. | doi = 10.1098/rspb.1998.0341 | title = A robust molecular phylogeny of the Tricladida (Platyhelminthes: Seriata) with a discussion on morphological synapomorphies | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | volume = 265 | issue = 1396 | pages = 631–640 | year = 1998 | pmid = 9881470 | pmc = 1689013}}
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009:
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|label1=Tricladida
|1={{Clade
|1=Maricola
|2={{Clade
|1=Cavernicola
|label2=Continenticola
|2={{Clade
|label1=Planarioidea
|1={{Clade
|1=Planariidae
|2={{Clade
|1=Kenkiidae
}}
}}
|label2=Geoplanoidea
|2={{Clade
|1=Dugesiidae
|2=Geoplanidae
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
References
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