Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Aplacophora
Subclassis: Caudofoveata
Ordo (1): Chaetodermatida
Familiae overview (3): Chaetodermatidae – Limifossoridae – Prochaetodermatidae
Name
Caudofoveata Boettger, 1956
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Schildfüßer
Ελληνικά: Ουροβοθριωτά
français: Caudofovéates
日本語: 尾腔綱
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Caudofoveata in the World Register of Marine Species
Caudofoveata is a small class within the phylum Mollusca, also known as Chaetodermomorpha. The class is often combined with Solenogastres and termed Aplacophora, but some studies have cast doubt on the monophyly of this group.[1]
Anatomy
Caudofoveata are small (1–30 mm), mainly deep sea molluscs. They are worm-like, lacking shells or distinct muscular feet; they instead have scales and calcareous spines called sclerites, for movement.
Ecology
Caudofoveates live by burrowing through soft sediment, and feed by lying vertically in the sediment with just the mouthparts exposed and taking in passing organic detritus. During sexual reproduction, the female produces eggs which are fertilized and brooded, and then the larvae swim freely.
Diet
Caudofoveates feed on foraminifera.[2]
Taxonomy
Caudofoveata comprises the following families and genera:[citation needed]
Chaetodermatidae
Caudofoveatus
Chaetoderma
Falcidentidae
Chaetoderma
Falcidens
Furcillidens
Limifossoridae
Limifossor
Metachaetodermatidae
Metachaetoderma
Prochaetodermatidae
Chevroderma
Claviderma
Lonchoderma
Niteomica
Prochaetoderma
Spathoderma
Scutopodidae
Psilodens
Scutopus
There are 15 genera, with about 150 known species.
References
Giribet, G.; Okusu, A, A.; Lindgren, A.R., A. R.; Huff, S.W., S. W.; Schrödl, M, M.; Nishiguchi, M.K., M. K. (May 2006). "Evidence for a clade composed of molluscs with serially repeated structures: monoplacophorans are related to chitons". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103 (20): 7723–7728. Bibcode:2006PNAS..103.7723G. doi:10.1073/pnas.0602578103. PMC 1472512. PMID 16675549.
Guralnick, R.; Smith, K. (1999). "Historical and biomechanical analysis of integration and dissociation in molluscan feeding, with special emphasis on the true limpets (Patellogastropoda: Gastropoda)". Journal of Morphology. 241 (2): 175–195. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199908)241:2<175::AID-JMOR7>3.0.CO;2-0. PMID 10420163.
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