Cateria
| Cateria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Kinorhyncha | 
| Class: | Cyclorhagida | 
| Order: | Kentrorhagata | 
| Family: | Gerlach, 1956 | 
| Genus: | Gerlach, 1956[1] | 
Cateriidae is a family of kinorhynchs placed either in the class Cyclorhagida (according to Sørensen et al.) or Allomalorhagida (according to Herranz et al.).[2] It consists of a single genus, Cateria Gerlach, 1956.[1]
Species
- Cateria gerlachi Higgins, 1968[3]
- Cateria styx Gerlach, 1956[1]
References
- ^ a b c Gerlach, S. (1956). Über einen aberranten Vertreter der Kinorhynchen aus dem Küstengrundwasser. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 12, 120–124.
- ^ Herranz, Maria; et al. (March 2022). "Phylogenomic analyses of mud dragons (Kinorhyncha)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 168: 107375. Bibcode:2022MolPE.16807375H. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107375. hdl:10115/29090. PMID 34952205. S2CID 245419318.
- ^ Higgins, R. P. (1968). Taxonomy and postembryonic development of the Crytorhagae, a new suborder for the mesopsammic kinorhynch genus Cateria. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 87(1), 21–39.
 
