WoRMS taxon details
Chaetognatha
- Class Sagittoidea
marine
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Chaetognatha. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2081 on 2025-11-15
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Bone, Q., Kapp, H. & Pierrot-Bults, A.C. (eds.), 1991. The biology of chaetognaths. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | pijlwormen | [details] |
| English | chaetognathansarrow-wormsarrowwormsarrow worms | [details] |
| French | vers-flèchesvers sagittaireschétognathes | [details] |
| German | PfeilwürmerChaetognathenBorstenkiefer | [details] |
| Italian | chetognati | [details] |
| Japanese | 毛顎動物門yamushi | [details] |
| Norwegian | pilormer | [details] |
| Spanish | quetognatos | [details] |
| Swedish | pilmaskar | [details] |