Spadellidae
| Spadellidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chaetognatha |
| Class: | Sagittoidea |
| Order: | Phragmophora |
| Family: | Spadellidae Tokioka, 1965[1] |
Spadellidae is a family of sagittoideans in the order Phragmophora. Spadellidae prey on plankton and commonly reside in the epipelagic zone of the ocean.[2]
Genera
[edit]- Bathyspadella Tokioka, 1939[3]
- Calispadella Casanova & Moreau, 2005[4]
- Hemispadella Casanova, 1996[5]
- Paraspadella von Salvini-Plawen, 1986[6]
- Spadella Langerhans, 1880[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Tokioka, T. (1965). The taxonomical outline of Chaetognatha. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 12(5), 335–357.
- ↑ Arruda, Michele Rodrigues; Ávila, Luiz Ricardo Marques; Bonecker, Sérgio Luiz Costa (2010-10-01). "Chaetognatha, Spadellidae, Paraspadella nana Owre, 1963: new occurrence from the southwest Atlantic Ocean". Check List. 6 (4): 628. doi:10.15560/6.4.628. ISSN 1809-127X.
- ↑ Tokioka, T. (1939). Three new chaetognaths from Japanese waters. Memoirs of the Imperial Marine Observatory, 7, 129–139.
- ↑ Casanova, J. Moreau, X. (2005). Calispadella alata n. gen., n. sp., the first chaetognath recorded from a hydrothermal vent site (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Journal of Plankton Research, 27(2), 221–225.
- ↑ Casanova, J. (1996). A new genus and species of deep benthic chaetognath from the Atlantic: a probable link between the families Heterokrohniidae and Spadellidae. Journal of Natural History, 30, 1239–1245.
- ↑ von Salvini-Plawen, L. (1986). Systematic notes on Spadella and on the Chaetognatha in general. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 24(2), 122–128.
- ↑ Langerhans, P. (1880). Die Wurmfauna Madeiras. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 33, 271–316.
| Authority control databases: National |
|---|
 | This Chaetognatha-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |