Gnathifera (clade)

Gnathifera is an assemblage of phyla of platyzoans comprising the rotifers (Bdelloidea, Monogononta, Seisonidae), acanthocephalans, and gnathostomulids.[1] Also included is the Micrognathozoa,[2] and tentatively the Cycliophora.[2]

"Acanthognatha" is a similar grouping, with the addition of the gastrotrichs.[3]

Possible relationships are as in the cladogram:[4]

Gnathifera


Gnathostomulida


Micrognathozoa


Syndermata


Seisonida

Rotifera


Bdelloidea

Monogononta

Acanthocephala






References

  1. ↑ Suga K, Mark Welch D, Tanaka Y, Sakakura Y, Hagiwara A (1 August 2007). Ellegren H, ed. "Analysis of expressed sequence tags of the cyclically parthenogenetic rotifer Brachionus plicatilis". PLoS ONE. 2 (7): e671. PMC 1925144 Freely accessible. PMID 17668053. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000671.
  2. 1 2 Kristensen, R. M. (2002). "An Introduction to Loricifera, Cycliophora, and Micrognathozoa". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42 (3): 641–651. ISSN 1540-7063. doi:10.1093/icb/42.3.641.
  3. ↑ Cavalier-Smith T (August 1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of life". Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 73 (3): 203–66. PMID 9809012. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1998.tb00030.x.
  4. ↑ "www.zmuc.dk".


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