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Spadellidae

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Spadellidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chaetognatha
Class: Sagittoidea
Order: Phragmophora
Family: Spadellidae
Tokioka, 1965[1]

Spadellidae is a family of sagittoideans in the order Phragmophora. Spadellidae prey on plankton and commonly reside in the epipelagic zone of the ocean.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Tokioka, T. (1965). The taxonomical outline of Chaetognatha. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 12(5), 335–357.
  2. ^ Arruda, Michele Rodrigues; Ávila, Luiz Ricardo Marques; Bonecker, Sérgio Luiz Costa (2010-10-01). "Chaetognatha, Spadellidae, Paraspadella nana Owre, 1963: new occurrence from the southwest Atlantic Ocean". Check List. 6 (4): 628. doi:10.15560/6.4.628. ISSN 1809-127X.
  3. ^ Tokioka, T. (1939). Three new chaetognaths from Japanese waters. Memoirs of the Imperial Marine Observatory, 7, 129–139.
  4. ^ Casanova, J. Moreau, X. (2005). Calispadella alata n. gen., n. sp., the first chaetognath recorded from a hydrothermal vent site (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Journal of Plankton Research, 27(2), 221–225.
  5. ^ Casanova, J. (1996). A new genus and species of deep benthic chaetognath from the Atlantic: a probable link between the families Heterokrohniidae and Spadellidae. Journal of Natural History, 30, 1239–1245.
  6. ^ von Salvini-Plawen, L. (1986). Systematic notes on Spadella and on the Chaetognatha in general. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 24(2), 122–128.
  7. ^ Langerhans, P. (1880). Die Wurmfauna Madeiras. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 33, 271–316.