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More about polyclads on the web

There's a number of sites with information and pictures of polyclad flatworms, the following list is by no means comprehensive. If you'd like to have your site included here, just drop me a note.

European Seas

Some nice pictures from the Mediterranean:
http://bitxosdelmediterrani.blogspot.com/search/label/Phyllum%20Plathelminthes

Pacific

Good pictures and short descriptions of southpacific polyclads:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/flatworms.htm

Beautiful pictures from indopacific polyclads:
http://www.starfish.ch/c-invertebrates/flatworms.html

Japanese Seas

These flatworms are used for research at the University of Hirosaki:
http://nature.cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp/lab/1/developm/kpzukan.html

General

A general and detailed introduction of polyclad flatworms, including many nice pictures of polyclad flatworms from all over the world: http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/flatintr.htm

A large number of very good photographs and drawings:
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_ML

Many polyclad pictures that were mistaken for opisthobranch gastropods:
http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall.cfm?base=flatworm

A few polyclad pictures of an undisclosed locality:
http://floydcraig.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/what-is-it-beautiful-underwater-photos/

Taxonomy and systematics of free-living flatworms, including polyclads:
http://turbellaria.umaine.edu/