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 also 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, specializing in the unusual taxa of kinorhynchs and tardigrades.
Zelinkaderes is a genus of worms belonging to the family Zelinkaderidae.