Caenoplana variegata (Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888)
(Southampton Flatworm)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCaenoplana variegata (Southampton Flatworm)
SubfamilyRHYNCHODEMINAE (a subfamily of land flatworms)
FamilyGEOPLANIDAE (many-eyed land flatworms)
SuperfamilyGEOPLANOIDEA (a superfamily of flatworms)
SuborderCONTINENTICOLA (a suborder of flatworms)
OrderTRICLADIDA
ClassRHABDITOPHORA (a class of flatworms)
PhylumPLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)
SuperphylumPROTOSTOMIA (protostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Vardinoyannis, K. & Alexandrakis, G. 2019 First record of the land planarian Caenoplana bicolor (Graff, 1899) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Continenticola) in Greece BioInvasions Records Vol 8 (3): 500-504.

Caenoplana variegata (Southampton Flatworm) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Caenoplana variegata (Southampton Flatworm)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Caenoplana variegata (Southampton Flatworm)
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