Maricola

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Maricola is a suborder of triclad flatworms including species that mainly inhabit salt water environments. However, some species are also known from freshwater or brackish waters.Ball, I. R. 1974. La Faune Terrestre de l'Ile de Saint Hélène: Turbellaria Tricladida. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centrale, in 8. Zool.

Taxonomy and phylogeny

=History=

The Maricola group was first proposed by Hallez in 1892. He recognized three families: Otoplanida, Procerodida and Bdellourida.Hallez, P. 1892. Catalogue des Turbellariés (Rhabdocoelides, Triclades et Dendrocoelides) du Nord de la France & de la Cote Boulonnaise. Rev Biol Nord Fra. 4:301-326; 338-350; 425-456. Two years later, in 1884, Hallez renamed these families as Otoplanidae, Procerodidae and Bdellouridae.Hallez, P. 1894. Catalogue des Rhabdocoelides, Triclades & Polyclades du Nord de la France. 2nd ed. Lille (France): L. Daniel. 239 p. + 2 pls. In 1906 Böhmig classified the Maricola in two families and five subfamilies: Procerodidae (Euprocerodinae, Cercyrinae, Micropharynginae) and Bdellouridae (Uteriporinae, Eubdellourinae). In 1909 Wilhelmi wrote a monograph on the group in which five families were described: Procerodidae, Uteriporidae, Cercyridae, Bdellouridae, Micropharyngidae.Wilhelmi J. 1909. Triclade. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapal 32. Berlin (Germany): R. Friedländer und Sohn. I-XII+405 pp. Von Graff used the same classification in 1916.Von Graff L. 1912-17. Tricladida. In: Bronn HG, editor. Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs, Bd. IV Vermes, Abt. IC: Turbellaria, II Abt.: Tricladida. Leipzig (Germany): C. F. Winter. p. 2601-3369 + 34 pls. In 1989 Sluys recognized the six present families on the basis of phylogenetic analyses of the whole group.Sluys, R. A monograph of the marine triclads. Rotterdam and Brookfield: A.A. Balkema. XII + 463 p.

=Classification=

Taxonomical classification after Sluys et al. 2009:{{Cite journal | last1 = Sluys | first1 = R. | last2 = Kawakatsu | first2 = M. | last3 = Riutort | first3 = M. | last4 = Baguñà | first4 = J. | title = A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) | doi = 10.1080/00222930902741669 | journal = Journal of Natural History | volume = 43 | issue = 29–30 | pages = 1763–1777| year = 2009 }}