Sagittidae is a family of
sagittoideans in the
order
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Aphragmophora
Aphragmophora is an order of sagittodieans in the phylum Chaetognatha
The Chaetognatha or chaetognaths (meaning ''bristle-jaws'') are a phylum of predatory marine worms that are a major component of plankton worldwide. Commonly known as ar ...
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Genera
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Aidanosagitta''
Tokioka & Pathansali, 1963[Tokioka, T. & Pathansali, D. (1963). Another new chaetognath from Malay waters, with a proposal of grouping some species of ''Sagitta'' into subgenera. ''Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory'', 11(1), 119–123.]
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Caecosagitta
''Caecosagitta macrocephala'' is a deep sea marine chaetognath that is distributed in meso- and bathypelagic layers. It has a very wide distribution that ranges from the Subantarctic to Subarctic Ocean. Miyamoto, H., Machida, R. & Nishida, S. (2 ...
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Tokioka, 1965[Tokioka, T. (1965). The taxonomical outline of Chaetognatha. ''Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory'', 12(5), 335–357.]
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Decipisagitta''
Bieri, 1991[Bieri, R. (1991). Systematics of the Chaetognatha. In Bone, Q., Kapp, H. & Pierrot-Bults, A. (Eds.), ''The Biology of Chaetognaths''. Oxford: Oxford University.]
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Ferosagitta''
Kassatkina, 1971[Kassatkina, A. P. (1971). New neritic species of chaetognaths from Poseta Bay, Sea of Japan. ''Investigations of Marine Fauna, Fauna and Flora of Poseta Bay, Sea of Japan'', 8(16), 265–294.]
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Flaccisagitta''
Tokioka, 1965[
*'' Mesosagitta'' Tokioka, 1965][
*'']Parasagitta
''Parasagitta'' is a genus of arrow worms (phylum Chaetognatha) in the family Sagittidae. At one time these arrow worms were classified in the genus '' Sagitta''.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Spec ...
'' Tokioka, 1965[
*'' Pseudosagitta'' Germain & Joubin, 1912][Germain, L. & Joubin, L. (1912). Note sur quelques Chétognathes nouveaux des croisières de S. A. S. le Prince de Monaco. ''Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique'', 228, 1–14]
*''Sagitta
Sagitta is a dim but distinctive constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for 'arrow', not to be confused with the significantly larger constellation Sagittarius 'the archer'. It was included among the 48 constellations listed by t ...
'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1827[Quoy, J. R. & Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations Zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le détroit de Gibraltar. ''Annales des Sciences Naturelles'', 10, 5–21.]
*'' Serratosagitta'' Tokioka & Pathansali, 1963[
*'' Solidosagitta'' Tokioka, 1965][
*'' Zonosagitta'' Tokioka, 1965][
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References
Further reading
*Kassatkina, A. P. (2007). Review of the genera of the family Sagittidae with separation of a new subfamily and description of a new species of the genus ''Sagitta'' from the Sea of Japan (Chaetognatha). ''Zoosystematica Rossica'', 16(2), 157–162.
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Chaetognatha
Protostome families
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