CHAETOGNATHA
(arrow worms)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumCHAETOGNATHA (arrow worms)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pierrot-Bults, A. Chaetognatha of the World wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/chaetognatha.php
Pierrot-Bults, A.C. & Chidghey, K.C. 1988 Chaetognatha Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 39, The Linnean Society of London
Todd, C.D., Laverack, M.S. & Boxshall, G. 1996 Coastal Marine Zooplankton: A Practical Manual for Students 2nd edition, 106pp, Cambridge University Press

Marine

() Conway, D.V.P. 2015 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association

CHAETOGNATHA (arrow worms) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHAETOGNATHA (arrow worms)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CHAETOGNATHA (arrow worms)
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