Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea > Order Aphragmophora > Family Pterosagittidae > Genus Pterosagitta

Pterosagitta draco (Krohn, 1853)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pterosagitta*	Costa, 1869	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Spadella draco*	(Krohn, 1853)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヘラガタヤムシ

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Kapp, H. (2001). Chaetognatha, 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. 335
additional source	Hernández-Flores, R. M., J. A. McLelland, and E. Suárez-Morales. (2009). Planktonic Chaetognatha of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1165–1171 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College State.
additional source	Bradford-Grieve, J.; Casanova J. (2010). Phylum Chaetognatha: arrow worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 21-26.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Fraser, J.H. (1957). Chaetognatha. Fiches d'identification du zooplancton, 1(Rev. 1). ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 6 pp.