Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Gnathostomulida > Order Bursovaginoidea > Family Gnathostomulidae

Gnathostomula Ax, 1956

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gnathostomula mediterranea Sterrer, 1970
Gnathostomula microstyla Riedl, 1971
Gnathostomula murmanica Mamkaev, 1962
Gnathostomula paradoxa Ax, 1956

Literature

original description	Ax, P. (1956). Die Gnathostomulida, eine rätselhafte Wurmgruppe aus dem Meeressand. Abhandlungen der Akademie für Wissenschaft und Literatur Mainz, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche. Klasse 8: 1-32.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Gnathostomulida, 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. 151
additional source	Sterrer, W. (2009). Phylum Gastrotricha: hairy-bellied worms, gastrotrichs, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 134-136.
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.