Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Kinorhyncha

Cyclorhagida Zelinka, 1896

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Echinorhagata Sørensen, Dal Zotto, Rho, Herranz, Sánchez, Pardos & Yamasaki, 2015
Kentrorhagata Sørensen, Dal Zotto, Rho, Herranz, Sánchez, Pardos & Yamasaki, 2015
Xenosomata Zelinka, 1907

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: キクロラグ目 [Kikuroragu moku]; 円蓋目 [Engai moku]

Literature

original description	Zelinka, C. (1896). Demonstration der Tafeln der Echinoderes-Monographie. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft. 6: 197-199.
basis of record	Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 159-160
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
new combination reference	Sørensen, M. V.; Dal Zotto, M.; Rho, H. S.; Herranz, M.; Sánchez, N.; Pardos, F.; Yamasaki, H. (2015). Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha based on morphology and two molecular loci. PLOS ONE. 10(7): e0133440, 1-33.
new combination reference	Higgins, R. P. (1964). Three new kinorhynchs from the North Carolina coast. Bulletin of Marine Sciene of the Gulf and Caribbean. 14(3): 479-493.

Genbank

Citation

Neuhaus, B. (2025). World Kinorhyncha Database. Cyclorhagida. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101064