Procerodes Explained

Procerodes is a genus of marine triclads. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Procerodidae and monotypic superfamily Procerodoidea .^[1]

Ecology

Although it is mainly a marine family, specimens living in freshwater have been reported, mainly from oceanic islands of the Southern Hemisphere.^[2]

Species

• Procerodes anatolicus
• Procerodes australis
• Procerodes dahli
• Procerodes dohrni
• Procerodes lacteus
• Procerodes littoralis
• Procerodes lobatus
• Procerodes pacificus
• Procerodes plebeius
• Procerodes variabilis

Notes and References

1. Diesing, 1862 : Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Rhabdocoelen. Sitzungsber Math-Naturwiss Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 45 pp. 191-318.
2. Ball, I. R. 1974. La Faune Terrestre de l'Ile de Saint Hélène: Turbellaria Tricladida. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centrale, in 8. Zool.