Gnathifera (phylum)

Gnathifera is an assemblage of phyla of metazoans.[1]

"Acanthognatha" is a similar grouping, including rotifers, acanthocephalans, gastrotrichs, and gnathostomulids.[2]

References

  1. ^ Suga K, Mark Welch D, Tanaka Y, Sakakura Y, Hagiwara A (2007). Ellegren, Hans. ed. "Analysis of expressed sequence tags of the cyclically parthenogenetic rotifer Brachionus plicatilis". PLoS ONE 2 (7): e671. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000671. PMC 1925144. PMID 17668053. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000671. 
  2. ^ Cavalier-Smith T (August 1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of life". Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 73 (3): 203–66. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1998.tb00030.x. PMID 9809012. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/resolve/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=1464-7931&date=1998&volume=73&issue=3&spage=203. 
Extant phyla of kingdom Animalia by subkingdom
Parazoa
Mesozoa
Eumetazoa
Gnathifera
Basal/disputed