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Chaetonotus elegantulus  Remane, 1936
Taxonomic Serial No.: 57863

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumGastrotricha Metschnikoff, 1865 – gastrotriches, gastrótrico, gastrotrichs  
                OrderChaetonotida Remane, 1924  
                   FamilyChaetonotidae Gosse, 1864  
                      GenusChaetonotus Ehrenberg, 1830  
                         SpeciesChaetonotus elegantulus Remane, 1936  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Chaetonotus elegantulus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Remane, Adolf / Bronns, H. G.   
  Publication Date: 1936   
  Article/Chapter Title: Gastrotricha und Kinorhyncha   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Klassen und ordungen des tierreichs, vol 4, no. 1, part 2, sec. 2   
  Page(s): 162-386   
  Publisher: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft   
  Publication Place: Leipzig, Germany   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Schwank, Peter / A. Brauer, ed.   
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title: Gastrotricha   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Süsswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, vol. 3, no. 1-2: Gastrotricha und Nemertini   
  Page(s): 1-252   
  Publisher: Gustav Fischer Verlag   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 3-437-30606-5   
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  Reference for: Chaetonotus elegantulus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Schwank (1990) notes that Chaetonotus elegantulus Remane, 1936 actually resembles a species of Heterolepidodermella, but considers it a member of the Chaetonutus polyspinosus group  
 

 

    


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