Overview
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A taxonomic subphylum.
Taxonomy
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The Subphylum Neodermata is a member of the Phylum Platyhelminthes. Here is the complete "parentage" of Neodermata:
- Domain: Eukaryota
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Platyzoa
T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Gegenbaur, 1859 - Flatworms
- Subphylum: Neodermata (Ehlers, 1985) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Gegenbaur, 1859 - Flatworms
- Infrakingdom: Platyzoa
T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subphylum Neodermata is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Infraphylum (2): Cercomeromorpha · Trematoda
- Class (3): Cestoidea · Monogenea · Trematoda
Classes
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Cestoidea
This article describes the flatworm. For the medical condition, see Tapeworm infection. [more]
Monogenea
Trematoda
Trematoda is a class within the phylum Platyhelminthes that contains two groups of parasitic flatworms, commonly referred to as "flukes". [more]
At least 1,548 species and subspecies belong to the Class Trematoda.
More info about the Class Trematoda may be found here.
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