Micrognathozoa Micrognathozoa

Micrognathozoa - Definition and Overview

Limnognathia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Micrognathozoa
Class:Micrognathozoa
Order:Limnognathida
Family:Limnognathiidae
Genus:Limnognathia
Species:maerski
Binomial name
Limnognathia maerski
Kristensen & Funch, 2000


Limnognathia maerski is a microscopic animal, discovered in Greenland in 2000, that is given its own phylum, Micrognathozoa. It is related to the rotifers and gnathostomulids, grouped together as the Gnathifera.

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