Parasagitta
Parasagitta elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chaetognatha
Class: Sagittoidea
Order: Aphragmophora
Family: Sagittidae
Genus: Parasagitta
Tokioka, 1965 [1]
Species

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Parasagitta is a genus of arrow worms (phylum Chaetognatha) in the family Sagittidae. At one time these arrow worms were classified in the genus Sagitta.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:[1]

  • Parasagitta chilensis (Villenas & Palma, 2006)
  • Parasagitta elegans (Verrill, 1873)
  • Parasagitta euneritica (Alvariño, 1961)
  • Parasagitta friderici (Ritter-Záhony, 1911)
  • Parasagitta megalophthalma (Dallot & Ducret, 1969)
  • Parasagitta peruviana (Sund, 1961)
  • Parasagitta popovicii (Sund, 1961)
  • Parasagitta setosa (Müller, 1847)
  • Parasagitta tenuis (Conant, 1896)

References

  1. 1 2 Thuesen, Erik V. (2015). "Parasagitta Tokioka, 1965". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-13.


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