Continenticola

Continenticola is a clade that includes the land planarians (Geoplanidae) and the freshwater triclads (Dendrocoelidae, Dugesiidae, Kenkiidae and Planariidae).

Continenticola
From upper left: Dugesia subtentaculata, a dugesiid; Dendrocoelum cavaticum, a Dendrocoelidae; Platydemus manokwari, a Geoplanidae; and Polycelis felina, a Planariidae.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Suborder:	Continenticola Carranza et al., 1998[1]
Superfamilies and families[2]
Planarioidea Planariidae Dendrocoelidae Kenkiidae Geoplanoidea Dugesiidae Geoplanidae

Phylogeny

On the basis of molecular evidences, Carranza and colleagues suggested in 1998 that the families of freshwater and land flatworms must be grouped together in a monophyletic group that they coined Continenticola. This grouping was accepted by Ronald Sluys in 2009. Despite the molecular evidences, there are no morphological apomorphies supporting this clade.^[2]

Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009:^[2]

Tricladida	Maricola Cavernicola Continenticola Planarioidea Planariidae Kenkiidae Dendrocoelidae Geoplanoidea Dugesiidae Geoplanidae