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Stylochidae
Stylochus pilidium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Polycladida
Suborder: Acotylea
Family: Stylochidae

Stylochidae is a family of polyclad flatworms. [1] It includes the species Stylochus zebra, which usually lives in shells occupied by the hermit crab Pagurus pollicaris, though it can sometimes be found free living on rocks and pilings. [2]

The family contains the following 6 genera containing 36 accepted species: [3]

References

  1. ^ "Stylochidae - Encyclopedia of Life".
  2. ^ Keys to marine invertebrates of the Woods Hole region : A manual for the identification of the more common marine invertebrates. 1964.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Stylochidae Stimpson, 1857".


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