The gastrotrichs, commonly referred to as hairybellies or hairybacks, are a group of microscopic, cylindrical, acoelomate animals, and are widely distributed and abundant in freshwater and marine envi
The "Platyzoa" are a group of protostome unsegmented animals proposed by Thomas Cavalier-Smith in 1998. Cavalier-Smith included in Platyzoa the phylum Platyhelminthes, and a new phylum, the Acanthogna
Gastrotrich
…classification Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Clade: ParaHoxozoa Clade: Bilateria Clade: Nephrozoa Clade: Protostomia Clade: Spiralia Clade: Rouphozoa Phylum: Gastrotricha Metschnikoff, 1865 Orders Chaetonotida Macrodasyida The gastrotrichs (phylum Gastrotricha), commonly referred to as hairybellies…