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Chaetognatha (arrow worm)
Taxonomy
Chaetognatha was named by Leuckart (1854). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ecdysozoa by Zrzavy et al. (1998); to Metazoa by Sepkoski (2002); to Protostomia by Edgecombe et al. (2011); to Scalidophora by Nielsen (2012); and to Chaetognathifera by Park et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Ecdysozoa by Zrzavy et al. (1998); to Metazoa by Sepkoski (2002); to Protostomia by Edgecombe et al. (2011); to Scalidophora by Nielsen (2012); and to Chaetognathifera by Park et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Chaetognatha Leuckart |
| 1998 | Chaetognatha Zrzavy et al. |
| 2002 | Chaetognatha Sepkoski |
| 2011 | Chaetognatha Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 2012 | Chaetognatha Nielsen p. 304 |
| 2024 | Chaetognatha Park et al. |
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Ph. Chaetognatha Leuckart 1854 [arrow worm]
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G. †Eognathacantha Chen and Huang 2002
Cl. †Protoconodonta Landing 1995
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G. †Mongolodus Missarzhevsky 1977
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†Mongolodus maximi Gravestock et al. 2001
†Mongolodus sulcus Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010
Invalid names: Maldeotaia Singh and Shukla 1981 [synonym]
G. †Protohertzina Missarzhevsky 1973
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†Protohertzina anabarica Missarzhevsky 1973
†Protohertzina cultrata Missarzhevsky 1977
†Protohertzina dabashanensis Yang and He 1984
†Protohertzina robusta Qian 1977
†Protohertzina siciformis Missarzhevsky 1973
†Protohertzina unguliformis Missarzhevsky 1973
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Invalid names: Emeidus primitivus Chen 1982 [synonym], Hastina bialata Yang and He 1984 [synonym]
Invalid names: Emeidus Chen 1982 [synonym], Hastina Yang and He 1984 [synonym]
Or. †Protoconodontida Landing 1995
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G. †Ganloudina
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†Ganloudina longispina Yang and He 1984
†Ganloudina platybasala Yang and He 1984
†Ganloudina symmetrica He 1983
G. †Titerina
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available