Platyhelmithes

	Mikko's Phylogeny Archive	Main Groups of Organisms
	Platyhelmithes

<==o PLATYHELMITHES (laakamadot, heisimadot)
   |?- Gyliauchenidae
   |?- Gekkonotrematidae
   |?- Jubilariidae
   |?- Meristocotylidae
   |?- Mesotretidae
   |?- Treptodemidae
   |?- Acanthocollaritrematidae
   |?- Echinoporidae
   |-- TURBELLARIA (värysmadot)
   `--+-- CESTODA [Cestoidea] (heisimadot)
      `--o TREMATODA sensu Parker, 1982
         |--o MONOGENEA (kidusmadot)
         |  |-- MONOPISTHOCOTYLEA
         |  `-- POLYOPISTHOCOTYLEA
         `--o  TREMATODA (tiehytmadot)
            |--o ASPIDOGASTREA
            |  |-- Aspidogastridae
            |  |-- Stichocotylidae
            |  `-- Rugogastridae
            `--o DIGENEA
               |-- STRIGEIDIDA
               |-- AZYGIIDA n. n.
               |-- ECHINOSTOMIDA
               |-- PLAGIORCHIIDA
               `-- OPISTHORCHIIDA

Reference(s):

Conway Morris, S., 1993: The fossil record and early evolution of the Metazoa.
–Nature, vol. 361, 21 January, pp. 219-225

Davidson, E. H., Peterson,K. J. & Cameron, R. A., 1995: Origin of bilaterian body plans: Evolution of developmental regulatory mechanisms.
--Science: Vol. 270, 24 November, pp. 1319-1325

–iNet: The Tree of Life

Parker, S. P. (ed.), 1982: Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vols. 1 & 2
–McGrew-Hill Book Company