Cephalodiscida

Cephalodiscida
Cephalodiscus dodecalophus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Pterobranchia
Order:
Cephalodiscida

Fowler, 1892
Families
Synonyms
  • Atubaridae Sato 1936
  • Eocephalodiscidae Kozlowski 1949
  • Melanostrophidae Zessin & von Puttkamer 1994

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.

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