- Source: Filospermoidea
Filospermoidea is an order within the phylum Gnathostomulida. Filospermoids are generally longer than gnathostomulids in the order Bursovaginoidea, and have an elongate rostrum. It lives in North America, off the coasts of the southern United States and the Caribbean, primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as in southeastern Denmark.
Classification
The order Filospermoidea contains 29 species in 2 families and 3 genera.
Family Haplognathiidae[1]
Genus Haplognathia
Haplognathia asymmetrica
Haplognathia belizensis
Haplognathia filum (sometimes in Pterognathia)
Haplognathia gubbarnorum (sometimes in Pterognathia)
Haplognathia lunulifera (sometimes in Pterognathia)
Haplognathia rosea (sometimes in Pterognathia)
Haplognathia ruberrima (sometimes in Pterognathia)
Haplognathia rubromaculata (sometimes in Pterognathia)
Haplognathia rufa
Haplognathia simplex (sometimes in Pterognathia)
Family Pterognathiidae[2]
Genus Cosmognathia
Cosmognathia aquila
Cosmognathia arcus
Cosmognathia bastillae
Cosmognathia manubrium
Genus Pterognathia
Pterognathia alcicornis
Pterognathia atrox
Pterognathia crocodilus
Pterognathia ctenifera
Pterognathia hawaiiensis
Pterognathia grandis
Pterognathia meixneri
Pterognathia portobello
Pterognathia pygmaea
Pterognathia sica
Pterognathia sorex
Pterognathia swedmarki
Pterognathia tuatara
Pterognathia ugera
Pterognathia vilii
References
Data related to Filospermoidea at Wikispecies