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Gastrotricha  Metschnikoff, 1865
Taxonomic Serial No.: 57597

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Phylum  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): gastrotriches [French]
  
    gastrótrico [Portuguese]
  
    gastrotrichs [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2016   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumGastrotricha Metschnikoff, 1865 – gastrotriches, gastrótrico, gastrotrichs  
    Direct Children:  
                Order Chaetonotida Remane, 1924  
                Order Macrodasyida Remane, 1924  
       

 References
       
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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: gastrotriches[French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: gastrótrico[Portuguese]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gastrotricha   
       
  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: Gastrotricha   
       
  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: Gastrotricha, gastrotrichs [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Shuster  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 11: Four Enigmatic Protostome Phyla: Rhombozoa, Orthonectida, Chaetognatha, Gastrotricha   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 413-434   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1605353753   
  Notes: Includes revisions by George Shinn (Chaetognatha) and Rick Hochberg (Gastrotricha)   
  Reference for: Gastrotricha   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rudescu, L.  
  Publication Date: 1967   
  Article/Chapter Title: Gastrotricha   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania. Trochelminthes, vol. 2, no. 3   
  Page(s): 1-289   
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  Reference for: Gastrotricha   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Metschnikoff's (1865) treatment of the Gastrotricha was apparently at the rank of class. Current treatments consider it as a phylum, and no names at the rank of class are recognized  
 

 

    

 
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