Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Gastrotricha > Order Chaetonotida > Suborder Paucitubulatina

Chaetonotidae Gosse, 1864 sensu Leasi & Todaro, 2008

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Chaetonotinae Kisielewski, 1991

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: イタチムシ科

Literature

original description	Gosse, P. H. (1864). The natural history of the hairy-backed animalcules (Chaetonotidae). The Intellectual Observer. 5: 387-406.
basis of record	d'Hondt, J.-L.; van der Land, J. (2001). Gastrotricha, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 156-158
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
status source	Leasi, F. & Todaro, M.A. 2008. The muscular system of Musellifer delamarei (Renaud-Mornant, 1968) and other chaetonotidans with implications for the phylogeny and systematization of the Paucitubulatina (Gastrotricha). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 94: 379–398.

Genbank

Citation

Todaro, A.; d'Hondt, J-L. (2025). World Gastrotricha Database. Chaetonotidae Gosse, 1864 sensu Leasi & Todaro, 2008. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:114416

Prof. Maria Balsamo. Chaetonotidae Gosse, 1864 sensu Leasi & Todaro, 2008. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/597db7b0-15f5-420e-8a4a-57c40f7fef74