HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM KINORHYNCHA
| EUKARYA> UNIKONTA> OPISTHOKONTA> ANIMALIA> BILATERIA> PROTOSTOMATA> ECDYSOZOA> SCALIOPHORA> KINORHYNCHA |
PHYLUM KINORHYNCHA LINKS
| The taxonomy of the phylum comes from the system of Brusca and Brusca (2003) in which the phylum has one class (Kinorhynchida) and two orders. |
- CLASS KINORHYNCHIDA (2 ORDERS)
- Cateria, Centroderes, Echinoderes, Echoinoderella, Kinorhynchus, Neocentrophyes, Pycnophyes.
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| By Jack R. Holt and Carlos A. Iudica. Last revised: 02/04/2012 |
