Pterobranchia

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Proper noun

Pterobranchia

A taxonomic class within the phylum Hemichordata – small worm-shaped animals living in secreted tubes on the ocean floor.

References

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

Further reading

Pterobranchia at the Tree of Life Web Project

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