GASTROTRICHA Metschnikoff, 1865
(bristle backs, hairy backs or gastrotrichs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
CHAETONOTIDA
an order of gastrotrichs
Order 2 subtaxa 36 images
PAUCITUBULATINA
a suborder of gastrotrichs
Suborder 2 subtaxa 36 images
CHAETONOTIDAE
a family of gastrotrichs
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 		Family 2 subtaxa 36 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumGASTROTRICHA (bristle backs, hairy backs or gastrotrichs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Freshwater

Visser, H. & Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. European Limnofauna wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/limno.php

GASTROTRICHA (bristle backs, hairy backs or gastrotrichs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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