scalidophoran

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English[edit]

one of the scalidophorans

Etymology[edit]

Scalidophora +‎ -an

Noun[edit]

scalidophoran (plural scalidophorans)

  1. Any organism of the clade Scalidophora.
    • 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Usually kinorhynchs are accommodated within the group Scalidophora [6 ], [10 ], together with Priapulida and Loricifera, and even though scalidophoran monophyly has been questioned in regard to the loriciferans [11 ], [12 ], we can at least consider Kinorhyncha and Priapulida as closely related and potential sister groups.

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