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Tricladida (triclads) is an order of turbellarians, a group of free-living flatworms. They are also known as planarians, although this common name is also used for a wide number of free-living platyhelminthes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Planarian (flatworm) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia )〕 The triclads are characterized by triply branched intestine and anteriorly situated ovaries, next to the brain. Today the order Tricladida is split into three suborders, according to their phylogenetic relationships: Maricola, Cavernicola and Continenticola. Formerly, the Tricladida was split according to habitats: Maricola, which is marine; Paludicola, which inhabits freshwater; and Terricola, which is land-dwelling.〔Hallez P. (1892). Classification des Ticlades, Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.〕 ==Description== The triclads have an anterior end or head where sense organs, such as eyes and chemoreceptors, are usually found. Some species have auricles that protude from the margins of the head. The auricles can contain chemical and mechanical sensory receptors.〔Kenk, R., 1972. Freshwater planarians (Turbellarians) of North America.〕 The number of eyes in the triclads is variable depending on the species. While many species have two eyes (e.g. ''Dugesia'' or ''Microplana''), others have many more distributed along the body (e.g. most Geoplaninae). Sometimes, those species with two eyes may present smaller accessory or supernumerary eyes. The subterranean triclads are often eyeless or blind.〔 The body of the triclads is covered by a ciliated epidermis that contains rhabdites. Between the epidermis and the gastrodermis there is a parenchymatous tissue or mesenchyme.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tricladida」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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