scalidophoran

plural scalidophorans

1. Any organism of the clade Scalidophora.

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   Usually kinorhynchs are accommodated within the group Scalidophora [6 ], [10 ], together with Priapulida and Loricifera, and even though scalidophoran monophyly has been questioned in regard to the loriciferans [11 ], [12 ], we can at least consider Kinorhyncha and Priapulida as closely related and potential sister groups.

   2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI