Filospermoidea

Filospermoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
(unranked): Platyzoa
Phylum: Gnathostomulida
Class: Incertae sedis
Order: Filospermoidea
Families
  • Haplognathiidae
  • Pterognathiidae

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Filospermoidea is an order within the phylum Gnathostomulida. Filospermoids are generally longer than gnathostomulids in the order Bursovaginoidea, and have an elongate rostrum.[1]

Classification

The order Filospermoidea contains 29 species in 2 families and 3 genera.[2]

  • Family Haplognathiidae
    • Genus Haplognathia
      • Haplognathia asymmetrica
      • Haplognathia belizensis
      • Haplognathia filum (sometimes in Pterognathia)
      • Haplognathia gubbarnorum (sometimes in Pterognathia)
      • Haplognathia lunulifera (sometimes in Pterognathia)
      • Haplognathia rosea (sometimes in Pterognathia)
      • Haplognathia ruberrima (sometimes in Pterognathia)
      • Haplognathia rubromaculata (sometimes in Pterognathia)
      • Haplognathia rufa
      • Haplognathia simplex (sometimes in Pterognathia)
  • Family Pterognathiidae
    • Genus Cosmognathia
      • Cosmognathia aquila
      • Cosmognathia arcus
      • Cosmognathia bastillae
      • Cosmognathia manubrium
    • Genus Pterognathia
      • Pterognathia alcicornis
      • Pterognathia atrox
      • Pterognathia crocodilus
      • Pterognathia ctenifera
      • Pterognathia hawaiiensis
      • Pterognathia grandis
      • Pterognathia meixneri
      • Pterognathia portobello
      • Pterognathia pygmaea
      • Pterognathia sica
      • Pterognathia sorex
      • Pterognathia swedmarki
      • Pterognathia tuatara
      • Pterognathia ugera
      • Pterognathia vilii

References

  1. Barnes, R.F.K. et al. (2001). The Invertebrates: A Synthesis. Oxford: Blackwell Science.
  2. Sterrer, W. (2006). "Filospermoidea". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 27 January 2018.


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