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  Superphylum Ecdysozoa

Phylum Kinorhyncha

    Order Cyclorhagida
    Order Homalorhagida

Taxon Information

The Phylum Kinorhyncha is not recorded from fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Kinorhyncha, "179 species" (Zhang, 2011).
• Kinorhyncha, [150 described species] (Brusca & Brusca, 2003).

Bibliography

• Zhang, Z.-Q. 2011. Animal biodiversity: An introduction to higher-level classification and taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 7-12. [Available online]
• Brusca, R.C. & G.J. Brusca. 2003. Invertebrates, 2nd edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Massachusetts. 936 pp.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Tree of Life
• Wikipedia
• World Register of Marine Species