Turbellarian taxonomic database

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Bilateria (Main hierarchy)
Protostomia       Grobben, 1908
Platyhelminthes       Minot, 1876
Rhabditophora       Ehlers, 1985
Trepaxonemata       Ehlers, 1984
Amplimatricata       Egger, Lapraz, Tomiczek, et al., 2015
Polycladida       Lang, 1884 [sensu Faubel 1983/1984]
Acotylea       Lang, 1884
Stylochoidea       Poche, 1926
Plehniidae       Bock, 1913 [sensu Prudhoe, 1985]
Plehnia       Bock, 1913
tropica       Hyman, 1959

Current synonymy:

Plehnia tropica Hyman, 1959 synonym of Nephtheaplana tropica (Hyman, 1959) (no ref.)
Nephtheaplana tropica (Hyman, 1959) synonym of Nephtheaplana tropica (Hyman, 1959) according to Prudhoe S (1985), p. 46-47
Palaua tropica (Hyman, 1950) synonym of Nephtheaplana tropica (Hyman, 1959) according to Oya Y, Kimura T, Kajihara H (2019), p. 7 [Prudhoe's Nephtheaplana accepted over Faubel's Palaua]
Plehnia tropica Hyman, 1959 synonym of Nephtheaplana tropica (Hyman, 1959) according to Prudhoe S (1985), p. 46-47
Nephtheaplana tropica (Hyman, 1959) accepted name

Currently accepted as Nephtheaplana tropica (Hyman, 1959)

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