The gastrotrichs (phylum Gastrotricha), commonly referred to as hairybellies or hairybacks, are a group of microscopic (0.06–3.0 mm), cylindrical, acoelomate...
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and smaller groups of phyla such as the Rouphozoa which includes the gastrotrichs and the flatworms. All of these are grouped as the Platytrochozoa, which...
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was a coelomate organism and the main acoelomate phyla (flatworms and gastrotrichs) have lost body cavities secondarily (the Archicoelomata hypothesis and...
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and smaller crustaceans such as copepods and ostracodes. Foraminiferan Gastrotrich Copepod Tardigrade (water bear) Microbenthos, prefix from the Greek mikrós...
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A mature gastrotrich, with visible cells on the surface. Further growth will now occur solely by cell enlargement....
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habitats and have restricted range, the only solely terrestrial phylum Gastrotrichs (hairy-backs) live in transient terrestrial water and go dormant during...
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Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) is a gastrotrich subgenus in the family Chaetonotidae. Wikispecies has information related to Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus). v t...
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indicate that the freshwater fauna includes a species of Protista, a gastrotrich, two species of tardigrade, at least four species of nematode, 26 species...
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microscopic bodies of water and moisture, these include rotifers and gastrotrichs which lay resilient eggs capable of surviving years in dry environments...
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Weiss, Mitchell J. (1988). "Stabilization in the Name of the Freshwater Gastrotrich Lepidodermella squamata, with Nomenclatural Corrections for Congeneric...
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high marine interstitial diversity in Disko Island. For instance, the gastrotrich species Diuronotus aspetos is found in Iterdla and Kigdlugssaitsut and...
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Loricifera, Nematoda, and Nematomorpha. A few other groups, such as the gastrotrichs, have been considered possible members but lack the main characters of...
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absence of a coelom also occurs in other bilaterians: gnathostomulids, gastrotrichs, xenacoelomorphs, cycliophorans, entoproctans and the parastic mesozoans...
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gastronomy, gastroparesis, gastropod, gastroptosis, gastroschisis, gastrotrich, mesogastric, Myxogastria ge-, geo- earth Greek γῆ (gê), γαῖα, γαίας...
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C. elegans most commonly refers to the model round worm Caenorhabditis elegans. It may also refer to any of the species below. They are listed, first in...
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Diuronotus aspetos is a species of large sized meiofaunal chaetonotid gastrotrich found in the North Atlantic. With Diuronotus rupperti, it is one of the...
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copepods, small, often microscopic crustaceans Darkfield photo of a gastrotrich, a worm-like animal living between sediment particles Armoured Pliciloricus...
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foraminifera Ammonia tepida (Rotaliida) Water bear Hypsibius dujardini Gastrotrich Meiofauna are most commonly encountered in sedimentary environments in...
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classical form. Other spiralian phyla (rotifers, brachiopods, phoronids, gastrotrichs, and bryozoans) are also said to display a derived form of spiral cleavage...
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Tetranchyroderma is a genus of gastrotrichs belonging to the family Thaumastodermatidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Tetranchyroderma...
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nematodes, polychaetes, oligochaetes, and harpacticoids. Species of gastrotrichs are also found in the region. Common fishes found along the beach include...
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The notochords in chordates are like the stomochords in hemichordates. Gastrotrichs, despite being in 2 different superphyla, resemble the kinorhynchids...
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Acanthognatha, was suggested in 1998 to unite gastrotrichs with gnathostomulids and rotifers. However, gastrotrichs are more closely related to lophotrochozoans...
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