Information: Pseudocoelomates (=Aschelminthes)
Dr. Hieber, Invertebrate Zoology (Bi 38)


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Taxonomy: Pseudocoelomates (=Aschelminthes)
Dr. Hieber, Invertebrate Zoology (Bi 38)


 ~ These are the current taxonomic hierarchies for the various Phyla that make up the pedagological group known as the Pseudocoelomates as outlined in Brusca & Brusca (Rotifera, pg. 336; Gastrotricha, pg. 344; Kinorhyncha, pg. 347; Nematoda, pgs. 349-350; Nematomorpha, pg. 360; Acanthacephala, pg. 366), and presented in your lab manual. You are responsible for knowing only those taxonomic ranks that are highlighted,and the specimens presented in laboratory representative of each of those ranks.


    Phylum Rotifera
    • Class Seisonidea
    • Class Bdelloidea
    • Class Monogonota
    Phylum Gastrotricha
    • Order Macrodasyida
    • Order Chaetonotida
    Phylum Kinorhyncha
    • Class Cyclorhagida
    • Class Homalorhagida
    Phylum Nematoda (=Nemata)
    • Class Adenophorea (=Aphasmida)
    • Class Secernentea (=Phasmida)
    Phylum Nematomorpha
    • Class Gordioidea
    • Class Nectonematoidea
    Phylum Acanthocephala
    • Order Archiacanthocephala
    • Order Palaeacanthocephala
    • Order Eoacanthocephala

 ~ Here are links to other sites with further taxonomic information about various pseudocoelomate groups, or alternate hierachies of those groups.