Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa

Gnathostomulida Riedl, 1969

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bursovaginoidea Sterrer, 1972
Filospermoidea Sterrer, 1972

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: gnathostomulids; lesser jaw worms
 German: Kiefermäulchen
 Japanese: 顎口動物 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Swedish: käkmaskar

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

Sterrer, W. E. (1972). Systematics and evolution within the Gnathostomulida. Systematic Zoology, 21(2): 151-173

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Gnathostomulida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14262

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2016-03-07 by Wolfgang Sterrer

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