Rhabdopleurida

Rhabdopleurida
Temporal range: Cambrian (Fortunian)–Present
Various members of Rhabdopleuridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Pterobranchia
Subclass: Graptolithina
Order: Rhabdopleurida
Fowler, 1892
Family: Rhabdopleuridae
Harmer, 1905
Genera

See genera

Synonyms
  • Order
    • Stolonoidea Kozlowski, 1938
  • Family
    • Graptovermidae Kozlowski, 1949
    • Idiotubidae Kozlowski, 1949
    • Rhabdopleuritidae Mierzejewski, 1986
    • Rhabdopleuroididae Mierzejewski, 1986
    • Stolonodendridae Bulman, 1955

Rhabdopleurida is one of three orders in the class Pterobranchia, which are small, worm-shaped animals, and the only surviving graptolites. Members belong to the hemichordates. Species in this order are sessile, colonial, connected with a stolon, living in clear water and secrete tubes called tubarium. They have a single gonad, the gill slits are absent and the collar has two tentaculated arms. Rhabdopleura is the best studied pterobranch in developmental biology.

Genera

Various members of Rhabdopleuridae
Taxa interpreted as rhabdopleurid stolons

The family contains a single extant genus, Rhabdopleura. Based on Maletz and Beli (2018), the following genera are recognised in the family Rhabdopleuridae:

Order Rhabdopleurida Fowler, 1892

Genera interpreted as possible stolons of members of Rhabdopleuridae:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Maletz, Jörg; Beli, Elena (2018-01-22). "Treatise Online no. 101: Part V, Second Revision, Chapter 15: Subclass Graptolithina and incertae sedis family Rhabdopleuridae: Introduction and systematic descriptions". Treatise Online. doi:10.17161/to.v0i0.7053. ISSN 2153-4012.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Charles E.; Michael J. Melchin; Chris B. Cameron; Jörg Maletz (2012). "Phylogenetic analysis reveals that Rhabdopleura is an extant graptolite". Lethaia. 46: 34–56. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2012.00319.x. ISSN 0024-1164.
  3. ↑ Sato, A; Rickards, RB; Holland PWH (2008). "The origins of graptolites and other pterobranchs: a journey from 'Polyzoa'". Lethaia. 41 (4): 303–316. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00123.x.
  4. ↑ Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu
  5. ↑ Eol.org
  6. ↑ Modern Text Book of Zoology: Invertebrates
  7. ↑ Sato, A; Bishop JDD; Holland PWH (2008). "Developmental biology of pterobranch hemichordates: history and perspectives". Genesis. 46 (11): 587–91. doi:10.1002/dvg.20395. PMID 18798243.