Cyclorhagida is a class of Kinorhyncha, small marine Invertebrate that are widespread in mud or sand at all depths as part of the meiobenthos, commonly known as mud dragons.
Orders and families
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Order Echinorhagata Sørensen et al., 2015
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Echinoderidae Zelinka, 1894
[Zelinka, C. (1894). Über die Organisation von Echinoderes. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 4, 46–49.]
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Order Kentrorhagata Sørensen et al., 2015
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Antygomonidae Adrianov & Malakhov, 1994
[Adrianov, A. V. & Malakhov, V. V. (1994). Kinorhyncha: structure, development, phylogeny and taxonomy. Moscow: Nauka.]
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Cateriidae Gerlach, 1956
[Gerlach, S. (1956). Über einen aberranten Vertreter der Kinorhynchen aus dem Küstengrundwasser. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 12, 120–124.]
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Centroderidae Zelinka, 1896
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Semnoderidae Remane, 1929
[Remane, A. (1929). In Grimpe, J. & Wagler, E. (Eds.), Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostee (pp. 1–156). Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft.]
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Zelinkaderidae Higgins, 1990
[Higgins, R. P. (1990). Zelinkaderidae, a new family of cyclorhagid Kinorhyncha. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 500, 1–26.]
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Order Xenosomata Zelinka, 1907
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Family incertae sedis
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Tubulideres Sørensen, Heiner, Ziemer & Neuhaus, 2007
[Sørensen, M., Heiner, I., Ziemer, O. & Neuhaus, B. (2007). Tubulideres seminoli gen. et sp. nov. and Zelinkaderes brightae sp. nov. (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida) from Florida. Helgoland Marine Research, 61(4), 247–265.]
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Wollunquaderes Sørensen & Thormar, 2010
[Sørensen, M. & Thormar, J. (2010). Wollunquaderes majkenae gen. et sp. nov. – A new cyclorhagid kinorhynch genus and species from the Coral Sea, Australia. Marine Biodiversity, 40, 261–275.]
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