Micrognathozoa

Limnognathia maerski

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Platyzoa
Phylum: Micrognathozoa
Ordines: Limnognathida

Overview of familiae: Limnognathiidae

Name

Micrognathozoa Kristensen & Funch, 2000

References

Primary references

• Kristensen, R.M. & Funch, P. 2000. Micrognathozoa: A new class with complicated jaws like those of Rotifera and Gnathostomulida. Journal of Morphology 246: 1–49. DOI: 10.1002/1097-4687(200010)246:1<1::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-D Reference page. 

Additional references

• Giribet, G.; Sørensen, M.V.; Funch, P.; Kristensen, R.M.; Sterrer, W. 2004: Investigations into the phylogenetic position of Micrognathozoa using four molecular loci. Cladistics, 20: 1–13. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2004.00004.x
• Kristensen, R.M. 2002: An introduction to Loricifera, Cycliophora, and Micrognathozoa. Integrative and comparative biology, 42: 641–651. DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.3.641 JSTOR
• Smet, W.H., de 2002: A new record of Limnognathia maerski Kristensen & Funch, 2000 (Micrognathozoa) from the subantarctic Crozet Islands, with redescription of the trophi. Journal of zoology, 258: 381–393. DOI: 10.1017/S095283690200153X
• Sørensen, M.V. 2003: Further structures in the jaw apparatus of Limnognathia maerski (Micrognathozoa), with notes on the phylogeny of the Gnathifera. Journal of morphology, 255: 131–145. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10038

Links

• Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Chleichiifeler
English: micrognathozoans
eesti: Pisilõugloomad
français: Micrognathozoaires
日本語: 微顎動物門
македонски: Микрогнатозои

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