Xenotrichulidae is a family of
worm
Worms are many different distantly related bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes (though not always).
Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine polychaete wor ...
s belonging to 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:
* ''
Draculiciteria''
Hummon, 1974
* ''
Heteroxenotrichula''
Wilke, 1954
* ''
Xenotrichula''
Remane, 1927
References
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Gastrotricha