Faubelidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Acotylea.
Taxonomy The family Faubelidae was previously under the name Notocirridae, named for its type genus of Notocirrus Faubel, 1983. However, a separate genus of polychaetes under the same name already existed, being Notocirrus Schmarda, 1861; this made Faubel's Notocirrus invalid under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, being a junior homonym. With this, Faubel's Notocirrus was replaced with the eponymous Faubelus by Hüseyin Özikmen of Gazi University, who further proposed the replacement of Notocirridae with Faubelidae for this reason.Özdikmen, Hüseyin. (2010). A NEW FAMILY AND TWO GENERA NAMES FOR TURBELLARIA (PLATYHELMINTHES). Munis Entomology and Zoology Journal. 5. 115-117.
The family currently contains the following genera:
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