- Cycloneuralia
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Cycloneuralia Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Animalia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa clade: Cycloneuralia Clades - Chalazoscolecidae
- Kinorhyncha
- Priapulida
- Vinctiplicata
Cycloneuralia is a clade of ecdysozoan animals including the Scalidophora (Kinorhynchans, Loriciferans, Priapulids) and the Nematoida (Nematodes, Nematomorphs).[1][2] Its sister group is the panarthropoda.
The name derives from the position of the brain around the pharynx.[3]
References
- ^ "articulata". http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~garey/articulata.html. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ Telford MJ, Bourlat SJ, Economou A, Papillon D, Rota-Stabelli O (April 2008). "The evolution of the Ecdysozoa". Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. 363 (1496): 1529–37. doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2243. PMC 2614232. PMID 18192181. http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18192181.
- ^ "Explanations.html". http://science.kennesaw.edu/~jdirnber/InvertZoo/Tree/Explanations.html. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
Extant phyla of kingdom Animalia by subkingdom Parazoa - Porifera
- (Calcarea
- Demospongiae
- Hexactinellida)
- Placozoa
- (Trichoplax)
Mesozoa Eumetazoa CycloneuraliaSpiraliaGnathiferaTrochozoaLophophorata- Phoronida
- Brachiopoda
- Bryozoa (?)
- Entoprocta (?)
Basal/disputedCategories:- Animal stubs
- Animals
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