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Scalidophora is a
group of
marine pseudocoelomate protostomes 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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Nematoida (nematodes and
close relatives)
Scalidophora (priapulids and Kinorhyncha, and Loricifera) Panarthropoda...
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Phylum Cambroernida †
Phylum Saccorhytida? †
Cycloneuralia (unranked)
Scalidophora (unranked)
Phylum Kinorhyncha Phylum Loricifera Phylum Priapulida Nematoida...
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Gnathostomulida Chaetognatha Rotifera Nematoidea Nematoda Nematomorpha Scalidophora Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida In addition, Cycliophora, Entoprocta...
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species of
Loricifera and Priapulida, all
members of the
group Scalidophora. The
earliest Nematomorph could be Maotianshania, from the
Lower Cambrian;...
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Scalidophora...
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Cycloneuralia is a
clade of
ecdysozoan animals including the
Scalidophora (Kinorhynchans, Loriciferans, Priapulids) and the
Nematoida (nematodes, Nematomorphs)...
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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...