scalidophoran

English

one of the scalidophorans

Etymology

Scalidophora +‎ -an

Noun

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.

Further reading

• scalidophoran on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scalidophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Scalidophora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• chondroplasia