Zelinkaderidae | |
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Zelinkaderidae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Kinorhyncha |
Class: | Cyclorhagida |
Order: | Kentrorhagata |
Family: | Zelinkaderidae Higgins, 1990 |
Zelinkaderidae is a family of worms belonging to the class Cyclorhagida. [1]
Genera: [1]
Kinorhyncha is a phylum of small marine invertebrates that are widespread in mud or sand at all depths as part of the meiobenthos. They are commonly called mud dragons. Modern species are 1 mm (0.039 in) or less, but Cambrian forms could reach 4 cm (1.6 in).
Cyclorhagida is a class of kinorhynchs, which are small marine invertebrates.
Robert Price Higgins was an American systematic invertebrate zoologist and ecologist, who specialized in the unusual taxa of kinorhynchs and tardigrades.
Zelinkaderes is a genus of worms belonging to the family Zelinkaderidae.