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Cephalodiscida

Cephalodiscida
Cephalodiscus dodecalophus McIntosh.png
Cephalodiscus dodecalophus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Pterobranchia
Order: Cephalodiscida
Families

Atubaridae
Cephalodiscidae


Atubaridae
Cephalodiscidae

Cephalodiscida is one of two orders in the class Pterobranchia, which are small, worm-shaped animals. Members belong to the hemichordates. Species in this order are sessile, living in clear water and secrete tubes on the ocean floor.

The order is a small one, with only two known families, each containing a single genus.

Order Cephalodiscida

4. Harmer. S. F. 1905. The Pterobranchia ol the Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Exped .Monogr. 26. 1-131


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