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Scalidophora is a
group of
marine pseudocoelomate ecdysozoans that was
proposed on
morphological grounds to
unite three phyla: the Kinorhyncha, the Priapulida...
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relatives are
Kinorhyncha and Loricifera, with
which they
constitute the
Scalidophora clade named after the
spines covering the
introvert (scalids). They feed...
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Scalidophora...
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Echinodermata Phylum Cambroernida†
Phylum Saccorhytida?†
Cycloneuralia Scalidophora Phylum Kinorhyncha Phylum Loricifera Phylum Priapulida Nematoida Phylum...
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Nematoida (nematodes and
close relatives)
Scalidophora (priapulids and Kinorhyncha, and Loricifera) Panarthropoda...
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phyla Loricifera and Priapulida.
Together they
constitute the
Scalidophora. The two
groups of
Kinorhynchs are
generally characterized as classes...
- Clade:
Protostomia Superphylum:
Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo et al., 1997
Phyla Scalidophora Kinorhyncha Priapulida Loricifera †Qinscolex †Shanscolex †Xinliscolex...
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Cycloneuralia is a
proposed clade of
ecdysozoan animals including the
Scalidophora (Kinorhynchans, Loriciferans, Priapulids), the
Nematoida (nematodes,...
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Gnathostomulida Chaetognatha Rotifera Nematoidea Nematoda Nematomorpha Scalidophora Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida In addition, Cycliophora, Entoprocta...
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Cycloneuralia hypothesis, the
nematoids are
considered to be
closest to
Scalidophora,
named for the ring-shaped
brains found in
these animals. However, this...
