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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorinxl%C9%99r" title="Kinorinxlər – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kinorinxlər" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%85%D1%96" title="Кінарынхі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кінарынхі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B5" title="Хоботопридвижващи се – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хоботопридвижващи се" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinorrincs" title="Cinorrincs – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cinorrincs" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulod_nga_armadura" title="Ulod nga armadura – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Ulod nga armadura" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rype%C4%8Dky" title="Rypečky – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rypečky" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudderdrage" title="Mudderdrage – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Mudderdrage" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakenr%C3%BCssler" title="Hakenrüssler – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hakenrüssler" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%CA%BCosh_doo_yit%CA%BC%C3%ADinii_bidaa%CA%BC_dich%CA%BC%C3%ADzh%C3%AD" title="Chʼosh doo yitʼíinii bidaaʼ dichʼízhí – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Chʼosh doo yitʼíinii bidaaʼ dichʼízhí" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siilussid" title="Siilussid – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Siilussid" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86" title="پوزه‌جنبان‌تباران – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پوزه‌جنبان‌تباران" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinorrincos" title="Quinorrincos – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Quinorrincos" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%99%EB%AC%B8%EB%8F%99%EB%AC%BC" title="동문동물 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="동문동물" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodljoglavci" title="Bodljoglavci – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bodljoglavci" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hnykkh%C3%B6f%C3%B0ar" title="Hnykkhöfðar – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Hnykkhöfðar" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="კინორინქები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კინორინქები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0" title="Киноринха – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Киноринха" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragoni-matope" title="Dragoni-matope – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Dragoni-matope" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Киноринхтер – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Киноринхтер" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorinhi" title="Kinorinhi – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kinorinhi" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96vesf%C3%A9rgecsk%C3%A9k" title="Övesférgecskék – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Övesférgecskék" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B7%D9%85" title="متحركات الخطم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="متحركات الخطم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stekelwormen" title="Stekelwormen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Stekelwormen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8B%95%E5%90%BB%E5%8B%95%E7%89%A9" title="動吻動物 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="動吻動物" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stikelwirmer" title="Stikelwirmer – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Stikelwirmer" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncher" title="Kinorhyncher – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kinorhyncher" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorxincha" title="Kinorxincha – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kinorxincha" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryjkog%C5%82owy" title="Ryjkogłowy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ryjkogłowy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B8" title="Киноринхи – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Киноринхи" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okap%C3%A4%C3%A4madot" title="Okapäämadot – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Okapäämadot" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansarmaskar" title="Pansarmaskar – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Pansarmaskar" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2" title="ไคโนรินชา – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ไคโนรินชา" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B8" title="Кіноринхи – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Кіноринхи" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" title="Kinorhyncha – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Kinorhyncha" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A8%E5%90%BB%E5%8A%A8%E7%89%A9%E9%97%A8" title="动吻动物门 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="动吻动物门" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Orders </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <p><a href="#Taxonomy">See text</a> </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><b>Kinorhyncha</b> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="&#39;k&#39; in &#39;kind&#39;">k</span><span title="/aɪ/: &#39;i&#39; in &#39;tide&#39;">aɪ</span><span title="&#39;n&#39; in &#39;nigh&#39;">n</span><span title="/oʊ/: &#39;o&#39; in &#39;code&#39;">oʊ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="&#39;r&#39; in &#39;rye&#39;">r</span><span title="/ɪ/: &#39;i&#39; in &#39;kit&#39;">ɪ</span><span title="/ŋ/: &#39;ng&#39; in &#39;sing&#39;">ŋ</span><span title="&#39;k&#39; in &#39;kind&#39;">k</span><span title="/ə/: &#39;a&#39; in &#39;about&#39;">ə</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="&#39;k&#39; in &#39;kind&#39;">k</span><span title="/ɪ/: &#39;i&#39; in &#39;kit&#39;">ɪ</span><span title="&#39;n&#39; in &#39;nigh&#39;">n</span><span title="/ə/: &#39;a&#39; in &#39;about&#39;">ə</span></span>-/</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">κινέω</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ancient Greek">romanized</a>:&#160;</small><span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">kīnéō</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a>&#8201;</small>&#39;I move&#39;, <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">ῥύγχος</span></span> <i><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">rhúnkhos</i></span></i> "snout") is a <a href="/wiki/Phylum_(biology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phylum (biology)">phylum</a> of small marine <a href="/wiki/Invertebrate" title="Invertebrate">invertebrates</a> that are widespread in mud or sand at all depths as part of the <a href="/wiki/Meiobenthos" title="Meiobenthos">meiobenthos</a>. They are commonly called <b>mud dragons</b>. Modern species are 1&#160;mm (0.039&#160;in) or less, but <a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Cambrian</a> forms could reach 4&#160;cm (1.6&#160;in).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anatomy">Anatomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kinorhyncha&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Anatomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv/220px--Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="22" data-mwtitle="Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-(Kinorhyncha)-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-(Kinorhyncha)-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="852" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1278" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs=&quot;theora, vorbis&quot;" data-width="1904" data-height="1072" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S3.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Living <i>Echinoderes</i> specimen, showing movement and head retraction</figcaption></figure> <p>Kinorhynchs are limbless animals, with a body consisting of a head, neck, and a trunk of eleven segments. They are the only members of Ecdysozoa, except from the <a href="/wiki/Panarthropoda" title="Panarthropoda">panarthropoda</a>, with a segmented body. Juveniles have eight or nine segments, depending on genus, with the last two or three being added later during growth.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Like other ecdysozoans they do not have external <a href="/wiki/Cilia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cilia">cilia</a>, but instead have a number of spines along the body, plus up to seven circles of spines around the head.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These spines are used for <a href="/wiki/Animal_locomotion" title="Animal locomotion">locomotion</a>, withdrawing the head and pushing forward, then gripping the substrate with the spines while drawing up the body. </p><p>The body wall consists of a thin <a href="/wiki/Syncitium" class="mw-redirect" title="Syncitium">syncitial</a> layer, which secretes a tough <a href="/wiki/Cuticle" title="Cuticle">cuticle</a>; this is molted several times while growing to adulthood. The spines are essentially moveable extensions of the body wall, and are hollow and covered by cuticle. The head is completely retractable, and is covered by a set of neck plates called <i>placids</i> when retracted.<sup id="cite_ref-IZ_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IZ-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_1" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv/220px--Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="136" data-durationhint="15" data-mwtitle="Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-(Kinorhyncha)-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-(Kinorhyncha)-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs=&quot;theora&quot;" data-width="718" data-height="444" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="232" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="388" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="582" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S2.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="582" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Myoanatomy of the body of <a href="/wiki/Echinoderes" title="Echinoderes"><i>Echinoderes spinifurca</i></a></figcaption></figure> <p>Kinorhynchs eat either <a href="/wiki/Diatoms" class="mw-redirect" title="Diatoms">diatoms</a> or organic material found in the mud, depending on <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a>. The mouth is located in a conical structure at the apex of the head, and opens into a <a href="/wiki/Pharynx" title="Pharynx">pharynx</a> and then an <a href="/wiki/Oesophagus" class="mw-redirect" title="Oesophagus">oesophagus</a>, both of which are lined by cuticle. Two pairs of <a href="/wiki/Salivary_gland" title="Salivary gland">salivary glands</a> and one or more pairs of "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Pancreatic_glands&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Pancreatic glands (page does not exist)">pancreatic glands</a>" connect to the oesophagus and presumably secrete <a href="/wiki/Digestive_enzyme" title="Digestive enzyme">digestive enzymes</a>. Beyond the oesophagus lies a midgut that combines the functions of a stomach and intestine, and lacks a cuticle, enabling it to absorb nutrients. The short hind-gut is lined by cuticle, and empties into an <a href="/wiki/Anus" title="Anus">anus</a> at the posterior end of the trunk.<sup id="cite_ref-IZ_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IZ-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is no <a href="/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system">circulatory system</a>, although the body cavity (<a href="/wiki/Coelom#Pseudocoelomates" title="Coelom">pseudocoelom</a>) is well developed, and includes <a href="/wiki/Amoebocyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Amoebocyte">amoebocytes</a>. The excretory system consists of two <a href="/wiki/Protonephridium" class="mw-redirect" title="Protonephridium">protonephridia</a> emptying through pores in the final segment.<sup id="cite_ref-IZ_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IZ-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_2" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv/220px--Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="140" data-durationhint="25" data-mwtitle="Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-(Kinorhyncha)-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-(Kinorhyncha)-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs=&quot;theora&quot;" data-width="718" data-height="456" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="226" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="378" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="566" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv/Comparative-myoanatomy-of-Echinoderes-%28Kinorhyncha%29-a-comprehensive-investigation-by-CLSM-and-3D-1742-9994-11-31-S1.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="566" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption><i>Echinoderes</i> close up head anatomy</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Nervous_system" title="Nervous system">nervous system</a> consists of a <a href="/wiki/Ventral_nerve_cord" title="Ventral nerve cord">ventral nerve cord</a>, with one <a href="/wiki/Ganglion" title="Ganglion">ganglion</a> in each segment, and an anterior <a href="/wiki/Nerve_ring" class="mw-redirect" title="Nerve ring">nerve ring</a> surrounding the pharynx. Smaller ganglia are also located in the lateral and dorsal portions of each segment, but do not form distinct cords. Some species have simple <a href="/wiki/Ocellus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocellus">ocelli</a> on the head, and all species have tiny bristles on the body to provide a sense of touch.<sup id="cite_ref-IZ_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IZ-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kinorhyncha&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Reproduction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two sexes that look alike, although some <a href="/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism" title="Sexual dimorphism">sexual dimorphism</a> in <a href="/wiki/Allometry" title="Allometry">allometry</a> has been reported.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A pair of <a href="/wiki/Gonad" title="Gonad">gonads</a> are located in the mid-region of the trunk, and open to pores in the final segment. In most species, the sperm duct includes two or three spiny structures that presumably aid in <a href="/wiki/Copulation_(zoology)" title="Copulation (zoology)">copulation</a>, although the details are unknown. Individual spermatozoa can reach a quarter of the total body length.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Larva" title="Larva">larvae</a> are free-living, but little else is known of their reproductive process.<sup id="cite_ref-IZ_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IZ-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After having laid an egg, the female packs it into a protective envelope of mud and organic material.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification">Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kinorhyncha&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_bilaterial_animal_orders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of bilaterial animal orders">List of bilaterial animal orders</a></div> <p>Their closest relatives are thought to be the phyla <a href="/wiki/Loricifera" title="Loricifera">Loricifera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Priapulida" title="Priapulida">Priapulida</a>. Together they constitute the <a href="/wiki/Scalidophora" title="Scalidophora">Scalidophora</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kinorhyncha&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Taxonomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The two groups of Kinorhynchs are generally characterized as classes in Sørensen et al. (2015).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 270 species have been described and this number is expected to increase substantially.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Morphological data has been collected for systematic phylogeny from dozens, and the integration of this with molecular data has led to a new systematic paradigm featuring the order Allomalorhagida (with Homalorhagida being retired).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Phylogenomic data has shown Allomalorhagida and Cyclorhagida to be divided in three and two major clades respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-Herranz_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herranz-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The oldest known species is <i><a href="/wiki/Eokinorhynchus" title="Eokinorhynchus">Eokinorhynchus</a></i> from the <a href="/wiki/Fortunian" title="Fortunian">Fortunian</a> of China.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Phylum <b>Kinorhyncha</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eokinorhynchus" title="Eokinorhynchus">Eokinorhynchus</a> <small>Zhang et al., 2015</small></li> <li>Class <a href="/wiki/Cyclorhagida" title="Cyclorhagida">Cyclorhagida</a> <small>(Zelinka, 1896) Chitwood, 1951</small> <ul><li>Order <a href="/wiki/Echinorhagata" class="mw-redirect" title="Echinorhagata">Echinorhagata</a> <small>Sørensen et al., 2015</small> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Echinoderidae" title="Echinoderidae">Echinoderidae</a> <small>Zelinka, 1894</small></li></ul></li> <li>Order <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentrorhagata&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kentrorhagata (page does not exist)">Kentrorhagata</a> <small>Sørensen et al., 2015</small> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antygomonidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Antygomonidae">Antygomonidae</a> <small>Adrianov &amp; Malakhov, 1994</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cateriidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Cateriidae">Cateriidae</a>? <small>Gerlach, 1956</small> (following Sørensen et al.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centroderidae" title="Centroderidae">Centroderidae</a> <small>Zelinka, 1896</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semnoderidae" title="Semnoderidae">Semnoderidae</a> <small>Remane, 1929</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelinkaderidae" title="Zelinkaderidae">Zelinkaderidae</a> <small>Higgins, 1990</small></li></ul></li> <li>Order <a href="/w/index.php?title=Xenosomata&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Xenosomata (page does not exist)">Xenosomata</a> <small>Zelinka, 1907</small> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campyloderidae&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Campyloderidae (page does not exist)">Campyloderidae</a> <small>Remane, 1929</small></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Class <a href="/wiki/Allomalorhagida" title="Allomalorhagida">Allomalorhagida</a> <small>Sørensen et al., 2015</small> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pycnophyidae" title="Pycnophyidae">Pycnophyidae</a> <small>Zelinka, 1986</small></li> <li>Order <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anomoirhaga&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Anomoirhaga (page does not exist)">Anomoirhaga</a> <small>Herranz et al., 2022</small> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cateriidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Cateriidae">Cateriidae</a>? <small>Gerlach, 1956</small> (following Herranz et al.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dracoderidae" title="Dracoderidae">Dracoderidae</a> <small>Higgins &amp; Shirayama, 1990</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franciscideridae&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Franciscideridae (page does not exist)">Franciscideridae</a> <small>Sørensen et al., 2015</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neocentrophyidae" title="Neocentrophyidae">Neocentrophyidae</a> <small>Higgins, 1969</small></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kinorhyncha&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFZhangXiaoLiuYuan2015" class="citation journal cs1">Zhang, Huaqiao; Xiao, Shuhai; Liu, Yunhuan; Yuan, Xunlai; Wan, Bin; Muscente, A. 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title="Nematoida">Nematoida</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nematode" title="Nematode"><b>Nematoda (roundworms)</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nematomorpha" title="Nematomorpha">Nematomorpha (horsehair worms)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="L+P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)">L+P</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loricifera" title="Loricifera">Loricifera (corset animals)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Panarthropoda" title="Panarthropoda">Panarthropoda</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Onychophora" title="Onychophora">Onychophora (velvet worms)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthropod" title="Arthropod"><b>Arthropoda (arthropods)</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tardigrade" title="Tardigrade"><b>Tardigrada (waterbears)</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)"><span style="margin: -20px; display: inline-block; -webkit-transform: rotate(270deg); -moz-transform: rotate(270deg); -ms-transform: rotate(270deg); -o-transform: rotate(270deg); transform: rotate(270deg);"><a href="/wiki/Spiralia" title="Spiralia">Spiralia</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Gnathifera" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Gnathifera_(Spiralia)" title="Gnathifera (Spiralia)">Gnathifera</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chaetognatha" title="Chaetognatha">Chaetognatha (arrow worms)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnathostomulid" title="Gnathostomulid">Gnathostomulida (jaw worms)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)">M+S</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Limnognathia" title="Limnognathia">Micrognathozoa <i>(Limnognathia)</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syndermata" title="Syndermata">Syndermata</a> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Rotifer" title="Rotifer">Rotifera (wheel animals)</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Acanthocephala" title="Acanthocephala">Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms)</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)"><span style="margin: -41px; display: inline-block; -webkit-transform: rotate(270deg); -moz-transform: rotate(270deg); -ms-transform: rotate(270deg); -o-transform: rotate(270deg); transform: rotate(270deg);"><a href="/wiki/Platytrochozoa" title="Platytrochozoa">Platytrochozoa</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="R+M" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)">R+M</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Rouphozoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Rouphozoa">Rouphozoa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flatworm" title="Flatworm"><b>Platyhelminthes (flatworms)</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastrotrich" title="Gastrotrich">Gastrotricha (hairybacks)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Mesozoa" title="Mesozoa">Mesozoa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orthonectida" title="Orthonectida">Orthonectida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicyemida" title="Dicyemida">Dicyemida or Rhombozoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salinella" title="Salinella">Monoblastozoa (<i>Salinella</i>)</a>†</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)"><span style="margin: -44px; display: inline-block; -webkit-transform: rotate(270deg); -moz-transform: rotate(270deg); -ms-transform: rotate(270deg); -o-transform: rotate(270deg); transform: rotate(270deg);"><a href="/wiki/Lophotrochozoa" title="Lophotrochozoa">Lophotrochozoa</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Symbion" title="Symbion">Cycliophora (<i>Symbion</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annelid" title="Annelid"><b>Annelida (segmented worms)</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)">M+K</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mollusca" title="Mollusca"><b>Mollusca (molluscs)</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Kryptotrochozoa" title="Kryptotrochozoa">Kryptotrochozoa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nemertea" title="Nemertea"><b>Nemertea (ribbon worms)</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Lophophorata" title="Lophophorata">Lophophorata</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Bryozoa" title="Bryozoa">Bryozoa s.l.</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Entoprocta" title="Entoprocta">Entoprocta or Kamptozoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryozoa" title="Bryozoa"><b>Ectoprocta (moss animals)</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Brachiozoa" title="Brachiozoa">Brachiozoa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brachiopod" title="Brachiopod">Brachiopoda (lamp shells)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoronid" title="Phoronid">Phoronida (horseshoe worms)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:rgb(245,245,232)"><div> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">The <a href="/wiki/Phylogenetic_tree" title="Phylogenetic tree">phylogeny</a> of Bilateria <a href="/wiki/Bilateria#Phylogeny" title="Bilateria">is disputed</a>; see also</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nephrozoa" title="Nephrozoa">Nephrozoa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Deuterostome" title="Deuterostome">Deuterostomia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Xenambulacraria" title="Xenambulacraria">Xenambulacraria</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Centroneuralia" title="Centroneuralia">Centroneuralia</a></dd></dl> 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sponges</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cnidaria" title="Cnidaria">Cnidarians</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthozoa" title="Anthozoa">Anthozoans inc. corals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medusozoa" title="Medusozoa">Medusozoans inc. jellyfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myxozoa" title="Myxozoa">Myxozoans</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordates</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cephalochordate" class="mw-redirect" title="Cephalochordate">Lancelets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunicate" title="Tunicate">Tunicates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertebrate" title="Vertebrate">Vertebrates</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Echinoderm" title="Echinoderm">Echinoderms</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crinozoa" title="Crinozoa">Sea lilies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asterozoa" title="Asterozoa">Asterozoans inc. starfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Echinozoa" title="Echinozoa">Echinozoans inc. sea urchins</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hemichordate" title="Hemichordate">Hemichordates</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acorn_worm" title="Acorn worm">Acorn worms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pterobranchia" title="Pterobranchia">Pterobranchs</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nematode" title="Nematode">Nematodes</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chromadorea" title="Chromadorea">Chromadorea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enoplea" title="Enoplea">Enoplea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secernentea" title="Secernentea">Secernentea</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Arthropod" title="Arthropod">Arthropods</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chelicerata" title="Chelicerata">Chelicerates inc. arachnids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myriapoda" title="Myriapoda">Myriapods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crustacean" title="Crustacean">Crustaceans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexapoda" title="Hexapoda">Hexapods inc. insects</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Flatworm" title="Flatworm">Platyhelminths</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turbellaria" title="Turbellaria">Turbellaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trematoda" title="Trematoda">Trematoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monogenea" title="Monogenea">Monogenea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cestoda" title="Cestoda">Cestoda</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bryozoa" title="Bryozoa">Ectoproctans</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phylactolaemata" title="Phylactolaemata">Phylactolaemata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stenolaemata" title="Stenolaemata">Stenolaemata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gymnolaemata" title="Gymnolaemata">Gymnolaemata</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Annelid" title="Annelid">Annelids</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polychaete" title="Polychaete">Polychaetes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clitellata" title="Clitellata">Clitellata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sipuncula" title="Sipuncula">Sipuncula</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mollusca" title="Mollusca">Molluscs</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gastropoda" title="Gastropoda">Gastropods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cephalopod" title="Cephalopod">Cephalopods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bivalvia" title="Bivalvia">Bivalves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiton" title="Chiton">Chitons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tusk_shell" title="Tusk shell">Tusk shells</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:rgb(235,235,210)"><div> <dl><dd>Phyla with ≥1000 extant species <b>bolded</b></dd> <dd>Potentially <a href="/wiki/Dubious_species" class="mw-redirect" title="Dubious species">dubious phyla</a> †</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Extant_life_phyla/divisions_by_domain" style="padding:3px"><table 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title="Armatimonadota">Armatimonadota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atribacterota" title="Atribacterota">Atribacterota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacillota" title="Bacillota">Bacillota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacteroidota" title="Bacteroidota">Bacteroidota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balneolota" class="mw-redirect" title="Balneolota">Balneolota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bdellovibrionota" title="Bdellovibrionota">Bdellovibrionota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldisericota" class="mw-redirect" title="Caldisericota">Caldisericota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calditrichota" class="mw-redirect" title="Calditrichota">Calditrichota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campylobacterota" title="Campylobacterota">Campylobacterota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chlamydiota" title="Chlamydiota">Chlamydiota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_sulfur_bacteria" title="Green sulfur bacteria">Chlorobiota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chloroflexota" title="Chloroflexota">Chloroflexota</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Kiritimatiellota" title="Kiritimatiellota">Kiritimatiellota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lentisphaerota" title="Lentisphaerota">Lentisphaerota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mycoplasmatota" title="Mycoplasmatota">Mycoplasmatota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myxococcota" title="Myxococcota">Myxococcota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitrospinota" title="Nitrospinota">Nitrospinota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitrospirota" title="Nitrospirota">Nitrospirota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planctomycetota" title="Planctomycetota">Planctomycetota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudomonadota" title="Pseudomonadota">Pseudomonadota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodothermota" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodothermota">Rhodothermota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirochaetota" class="mw-redirect" title="Spirochaetota">Spirochaetota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synergistota" title="Synergistota">Synergistota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thermodesulfobacteriota" title="Thermodesulfobacteriota">Thermodesulfobacteriota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thermomicrobiota" class="mw-redirect" title="Thermomicrobiota">Thermomicrobiota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thermotogota" class="mw-redirect" title="Thermotogota">Thermotogota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verrucomicrobiota" title="Verrucomicrobiota">Verrucomicrobiota</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Archaea" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Archaea" title="Archaea">Archaea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Euryarchaeota" title="Euryarchaeota">Euryarchaeota</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Korarchaeota" title="Korarchaeota">Korarchaeota</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nanoarchaeota" title="Nanoarchaeota">Nanoarchaeota</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitrososphaerota" title="Nitrososphaerota">Nitrososphaerota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thermoproteota" title="Thermoproteota">Thermoproteota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archaeal_Richmond_Mine_acidophilic_nanoorganisms" title="Archaeal Richmond Mine acidophilic nanoorganisms">Archaeal Richmond Mine acidophilic nanoorganisms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryote</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">"<a href="/wiki/Protist" title="Protist">Protist</a>"</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alveolata" class="mw-redirect" title="Alveolata">Alveolata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amoebozoa" title="Amoebozoa">Amoebozoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancyromonadida" title="Ancyromonadida">Ancyromonadida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apusomonadida" class="mw-redirect" title="Apusomonadida">Apusomonadida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breviatea" title="Breviatea">Breviatea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CRuMs" title="CRuMs">CRuMs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cryptista" title="Cryptista">Cryptista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ciliate" title="Ciliate">Ciliophora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cercozoa" title="Cercozoa">Cercozoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discoba" class="mw-redirect" title="Discoba">Discoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euglenozoa" title="Euglenozoa">Euglenozoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jakobea" class="mw-redirect" title="Jakobea">Jakobea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haptista" title="Haptista">Haptista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemimastigophora" title="Hemimastigophora">Hemimastigophora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawimonada" class="mw-redirect" title="Malawimonada">Malawimonada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metamonada" class="mw-redirect" title="Metamonada">Metamonada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provora" title="Provora">Provora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhizaria" title="Rhizaria">Rhizaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stramenopiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Stramenopiles">Stramenopiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telonemia" title="Telonemia">Telonemia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fungus" title="Fungus">Fungi</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chytridiomycota" title="Chytridiomycota">Chytridiomycota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blastocladiomycota" 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title="Micrognathozoa">Micrognathozoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycliophora" class="mw-redirect" title="Cycliophora">Cycliophora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemertea" title="Nemertea">Nemertea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoronid" title="Phoronid">Phoronid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryozoa" title="Bryozoa">Bryozoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entoprocta" title="Entoprocta">Entoprocta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brachiopoda" class="mw-redirect" title="Brachiopoda">Brachiopoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mollusca" title="Mollusca">Mollusca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annelid" title="Annelid">Annelida</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em"><i><a href="/wiki/Incertae_sedis" title="Incertae sedis">Incertae sedis</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><i><a href="/wiki/Parakaryon" 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title="Ecdysozoa">Ecdysozoa</a></li> <li>(unranked) <a href="/wiki/Scalidophora" title="Scalidophora">Scalidophora</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.0em;">Stem-group</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Eokinorhynchus" title="Eokinorhynchus">Eokinorhynchus</a></i></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinorhyncha.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Zelinkaderes floridensis"><img alt="Zelinkaderes floridensis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Kinorhyncha.png/60px-Kinorhyncha.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Kinorhyncha.png/90px-Kinorhyncha.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Kinorhyncha.png/120px-Kinorhyncha.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3092" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/Cyclorhagida" title="Cyclorhagida">Cyclorhagida</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Echinorhagata" class="mw-redirect" title="Echinorhagata">Echinorhagata</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Echinoderidae" title="Echinoderidae">Echinoderidae</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentrorhagata&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kentrorhagata (page does not exist)">Kentrorhagata</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antygomonidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Antygomonidae">Antygomonidae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cateriidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Cateriidae">Cateriidae</a>?</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centroderidae" title="Centroderidae">Centroderidae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semnoderidae" title="Semnoderidae">Semnoderidae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelinkaderidae" title="Zelinkaderidae">Zelinkaderidae</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tubulideres&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tubulideres (page does not exist)">Tubulideres</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wollunquaderes&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Wollunquaderes (page does not exist)">Wollunquaderes</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xenosomata&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Xenosomata (page does not exist)">Xenosomata</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campyloderidae&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Campyloderidae (page does not exist)">Campyloderidae</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/Allomalorhagida" title="Allomalorhagida">Allomalorhagida</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Anomoirhaga" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anomoirhaga&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Anomoirhaga (page does not exist)">Anomoirhaga</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cateriidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Cateriidae">Cateriidae</a>?</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dracoderidae" title="Dracoderidae">Dracoderidae</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franciscideridae&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Franciscideridae (page does not exist)">Franciscideridae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neocentrophyidae" title="Neocentrophyidae">Neocentrophyidae</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pycnophyidae" title="Pycnophyidae">Pycnophyidae</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Taxon_identifiers" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Taxon_identifiers" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Taxon_identifiers" title="Help:Taxon identifiers">Taxon identifiers</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><i>Kinorhyncha</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5182" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q5182">Q5182</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kinorhyncha" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Kinorhyncha">Kinorhyncha</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Animal_Diversity_Web" title="Animal Diversity Web">ADW</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Kinorhyncha/">Kinorhyncha</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Faunal_Directory" title="Australian Faunal Directory">AFD</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Kinorhyncha">Kinorhyncha</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Barcode_of_Life_Data_System" title="Barcode of Life Data System">BOLD</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=392666">392666</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Life" title="Encyclopedia of Life">EoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eol.org/pages/1526">1526</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/5959089">5959089</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/INaturalist" 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