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Filospermoidea

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Filospermoidea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Gnathostomulida
Order: Filospermoidea
Families

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Filospermoidea is an order within the phylum Gnathostomulida.[1][2][3] Filospermoids are generally longer than gnathostomulids in the order Bursovaginoidea, and have an elongate rostrum.[4] It lives in North America, off the coasts of the southern United States and the Caribbean, primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as in southeastern Denmark.[5]

Classification

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The order Filospermoidea contains 29 species in 2 families and 3 genera.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Adiyodi, K. G.; Adiyodi, Rita G (1988). Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates, Accessory Sex Glands (reprint ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 61, 64. ISBN 0471914665. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. ^ Giese, Arthur C.; Pearse, John S. (September 17, 2013). Acoelomate and Pseudocoelomate Metazoans (revised ed.). Elsevier. pp. 345–352. ISBN 978-1483260556. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. ^ Ax, Peter (December 6, 2012). Multicellular Animals: A new Approach to the Phylogenetic Order in Nature (illustrated ed.). Springer Science & Business Medi. pp. 133–136. ISBN 978-3642801143. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. ^ Barnes, R.F.K. (2001). The Invertebrates: A Synthesis. Oxford: Blackwell Science.
  5. ^ "Distribution Map: Filospermoidea". Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. ^ Sterrer, W. (2006). "Filospermoidea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

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