Dasydytidae is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

gastrotrich The gastrotrichs (phylum Gastrotricha), commonly referred to as hairybellies or hairybacks, are a group of microscopic (0.06-3.0 mm), worm-like, acoelomate animals, and are widely distributed and abundant in freshwater and marine environmen ...

s in the order

Chaetonotida The Chaetonotida is an order of gastrotrichs. They generally have a tenpin or bottle-like shape. Chaetonotids inhabit both freshwater and marine environments. They can be distinguished from other gastrotrichs by the absence of pores in the phar ...

Genera

*'' Anacanthoderma'' Marcolongo, 1910Marcolongo, I. (1910). Primo contributo allo studio dei Gastrotrichi del lago-stagno cratcerico di Astroni. ''Monitore Zoologico Italiano'', 21, 315–318. *'' Chitonodytes'' Remane, 1936Remane, A. (1936). Gastrotricha und Kinorhyncha. In Bronns, H. G. (Ed.), ''Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs'', Band 4, Abteilung II, Buch I, Teil 2. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H. *'' Dasydytes'' Gosse, 1851Gosse, P. H. (1851). A catalogue of Rotifera found in Britain; with descriptions of five new genera and thirty-two new species. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'', 2, 197–203. *'' Haltidytes'' Remane, 1936 *'' Ornamentula'' Kisielewski, 1991Kisielewski, J. (1991). Inland-water Gastrotricha from Brazil. ''Annales Zoologici, Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Zoologii'', 43(Sup. 2), 1–167 *'' Setopus'' Grünspan, 1908Grünspan, T. (1908). Beiträge zur Systematik der Gastrotrichen. Mit besonder Berücksichtigung der Fauna aus der Umgebung von Czernowitz und der marinen Gastrotrichen. ''Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie, und Geographie der Tiere'', 26, 214–256. *'' Stylochaeta'' Hlava, 1904Hlava, S. (1904). Ueber die systematische Stellung von ''Polyarthra fusiformis'' Spencer. ''Zoologischer Anzeiger'', 28, 331–336.

References

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