Gnathostomulid

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Jaw worms
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Gnathostomulida
Ax, 1956
Order:Gnathostoma

Gnathostomulids, or jaw worms, are a small phylum of nearly microscopic marine animals. Mostly between 0.5 and 1 mm long. Like flatworms they have a ciliated epidermis (Barnes 1987) They appear closely related to rotifers and their allies, together making up the Gnathifera. Gnathostomulids have no fossil record.

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Barnes, Robert D. (1987) Invertebrate Zoology. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.

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