Rhabdopleurida

Rhabdopleurida is one of two orders in the class Pterobranchia, which are small, worm-shaped animals. Members belong to the hemichordates.^[1][2] Species in this order are sessile, living in clear water and secrete tubes on the ocean floor.^[3]

Taxonomy

This small order is monotypic. It has only a single genus, containing six species.

Order Rhabdopleurida

• Family Rhabdopleuridae
  • Genus Rhabdopleura
    • Rhabdopleura annulata Norman, 1921
    • Rhabdopleura compacta Hincks, 1880
    • Rhabdopleura grimaldi Julien (nomen dubium)
    • Rhabdopleura manubialis Julien 1903 (nomen dubium)
    • Rhabdopleura normani Allmann, 1869
    • Rhabdopleura striata Schepotieff, 1909

References

1. ^ Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu
2. ^ Eol.org
3. ^ Shipley, A.E. (1902). Zoology: An Elementary Textbook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Marinespecies.org
• ITIS.gov
• Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.