Krohnittidae is a
family
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of
chaetognaths
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 arrow worms, about 20% of the known Chaetognatha species are benthic, and ca ...
in the
order
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Aphragmophora
Aphragmophora is an order of sagittodieans in the phylum Chaetognatha.
Families
* Bathybelidae Bieri, 1989Bieri, R. (1989). Krohnittellidae and Bathybelidae, new families in the phylum Chaetognatha; the rejection of the family Tokiokaispadelli ...
. It consists of a single genus, ''Krohnitta'' von Ritter-Záhony, 1910.
[von Ritter-Záhony, R. (1910). Die Chätognathen. ''Fauna Artica'', 5(1), 249–288.]
Species
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Krohnitta balagopali''
Nair, Panampunnayil, Pillai & Gireesh, 2008[Nair, V., Panampunnayil, S., Pillai, H. & Gireesh, R. (2008). Two new species of Chaetognatha from the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean. ''Marine Biology Research'', 4(3), 208–214.]
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Krohnitta pacifica''
(Aida, 1897)[Aida, T. (1897). ''Chaetognaths of Misaki Harbor''. Tokyo: Imperial University.]
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Krohnitta subtilis''
(Grassi, 1881)[Grassi, B. (1881). I Chaetognathi. Anatomia e sistematica con aggiunte embriologiche. ''Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche, e Naturali'', 13, 565–700.]
References
Chaetognatha
Protostome genera
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