Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa

Entoprocta

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Barentsiidae Emschermann, 1972
Coloniales
Loxosomatidae Hincks, 1880
Pedicellinidae Johnston, 1847
Solitaria

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: kelkwormen
 English: entoprocts; entoprocts; goblet worm; kamptozoan sources: Charles Hussey;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: bägardjur

Literature

basis of record

Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.

additional source

Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

additional source

Nielsen, C. (1989). Entoprocts: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series). 41, 131p.

additional source

Prenant, M. & Bobin, G. 1965. Bryozoaires: Entoproctes, Phylactolèmes, Cténostomes. Faune de France vol. 60. Paris, Lechevalier.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Entoprocta. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1271

Dr. Claus Nielsen. Entoprocta. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a69a5910-3f1f-40eb-8ab1-5e1161557230

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1271
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:15422

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2016-02-14 by Dr. Claus Nielsen & by Tohru Iseto

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