Rhabdopleurida
| Rhabdopleura | |
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| Rhabdopleura normani | |
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| Order: | Rhabdopleurida
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| Family: | Rhabdopleuridae
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| Genus: | Rhabdopleura Allman, 1869
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Rhabdopleurida is one of three orders in the class Pterobranchia, which are small, worm-shaped animals. Members belong to the hemichordates.[1][2] Species in this order are sessile, colonial, living in clear water and secrete tubes called coenecium. Rhabdopleura is the best studied pterobranchs in developmental biology.[3] Some claim Rhabdopleura is an extant graptolite.[4][5]
Taxonomy
This small order is monotypic. It has only a single genus, containing four to six species.
Order Rhabdopleurida
- Family Rhabdopleuridae
- Genus Rhabdopleura
- Rhabdopleura annulata Norman, 1921
- Rhabdopleura compacta Hincks, 1880
- Rhabdopleura grimaldi Julien (nomen dubium)
- Rhabdopleura manubialis Julien, 1903 (nomen dubium)
- Rhabdopleura normani Allmann, 1869
- Rhabdopleura striata Schepotieff, 1909
- Genus Rhabdopleura
References
- ^ Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu
- ^ Eol.org
- ^ Sato, A; Bishop JDD; Holland PWH (2008). "Developmental biology of pterobranch hemichordates: history and perspectives". Genesis. 46 (11): 587–91. doi:10.1002/dvg.20395. PMID 18798243.
- ^ Sato, A; Rickards, RB; Holland PWH (2008). "The origins of graptolites and other pterobranchs: a journey from 'Polyzoa'". Lethaia. 41: 303–316. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00123.x.
- ^ Mitchell, Charles E.; Michael J. Melchin; Chris B. Cameron; Jörg Maletz (2012). "Phylogenetic analysis reveals that Rhabdopleura is an extant graptolite". Lethaia. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2012.00319.x. ISSN 0024-1164.
- Marinespecies.org
- ITIS.gov
- Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
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