Chaetognatha 
AphiaID: 2081

Classification: Biota > Animalia

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Phylum
Parent		Animalia
Sources		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] additional source: Bone, Q., Kapp, H. & Pierrot-Bults, A.C. (eds.), 1991. The biology of chaetognaths. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch pijlwormen  [details] English arrow worms  [details] Japanese yamushi  [details] Swedish pilmaskar  [details]
Direct child taxa		Class Sagittoidea
Environment		marine
Distribution		Cosmopolitan (World Oceans) [details]
Feedingtypes		carnivore [details] predator [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Image		Chaetognatha added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith () qualitystatus: checked by Pierrot-Bults, Annelies on 2012-08-31 11:07:56
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2081
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2008-11-14 13:45:35Z   checked   Thuesen, Erik V.
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		Citation: Thuesen, Erik V. (2013). Chaetognatha. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2081 on 2013-05-20
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