Procerodes
Family of flatworms
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Procerodes is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea.[1]
| Procerodes | |
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| Procerodes littoralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Maricola |
| Superfamily: | Procerodoidea Diesing, 1862 |
| Family: | Procerodidae Diesing, 1862 |
| Genus: | Procerodes Girard, 1850 |
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Ecology
Although it is mainly a marine family, specimens living in freshwater have been reported, mainly from the oceanic islands of the Southern Hemisphere.[2]
Species
- Procerodes anatolicus (Benazzi, 1981)
- Procerodes australis Sluys, 1989
- Procerodes dahli Marcus & Marcus, 1959
- Procerodes dohrni Wilhelmi, 1909
- Procerodes lacteus Ijima & Kaburaki, 1916
- Procerodes littoralis (Strøm, 1768)
- Procerodes lobatus (Schmidt, 1862)
- Procerodes pacificus Hyman, 1954
- Procerodes plebeius (Schmidt, 1861)
- Procerodes variabilis (Bohmig, 1902)
