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Orthonectida Giard, 1877
Taxonomic Serial No.: 57409

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Phylum
	Synonym(s):	Mesozoa
	Common Name(s):	orthonectids [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2005

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia -- Animal, animals, animaux
	Phylum	Orthonectida Giard, 1877 -- orthonectids
		Direct Children:
	Order	Plasmodigenea Neresheimer, 1908

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Richard C. Brusca
	Notes:	Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
	Reference for:	Orthonectida

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Orthonectida

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Invertebrates
	Page(s):	xiii + 992
	Publisher:	Sinauer Associates, Inc.
	Publication Place:	Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-87893-098-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Orthonectida

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca
	Publication Date:	2002
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Invertebrates, Second Edition
	Page(s):	xx + 936
	Publisher:	Sinauer Associates, Inc.
	Publication Place:	Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-87893-097-3
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Orthonectida, orthonectids

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Giard, Alf.
	Publication Date:	1877
	Article/Chapter Title:	Sur les Orthonectida, classe nouvelle d'animaux parasites des Échinodermes et des Turbellariés
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, vol. 85, no. 18
	Page(s):	812-814
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0567-655X
	Notes:
	Reference for:	original description

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Giard, M. A.
	Publication Date:	1878
	Article/Chapter Title:	On the Orthonectida, a new Class of Animals Parasitic on Echinodermata and Turbellaria
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 5, vol. 1, no. 2
	Page(s):	181-183
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	Subsequent, English translation of the original description
	Reference for:	Orthonectida

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