Parasagitta

Parasagitta is a genus of arrow worms (phylum Chaetognatha) in the family Sagittidae. At one time these arrow worms were classified in the genus Sagitta.

Parasagitta
Parasagitta elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chaetognatha
Class:
Sagittoidea
Order:
Aphragmophora
Family:
Sagittidae
Genus:
Parasagitta

Tokioka, 1965 [1]
Species
See text

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:[1]

  • Parasagitta chilensis (Villenas & Palma, 2006)
  • Parasagitta elegans (Verrill, 1873)
  • Parasagitta euneritica (Alvariño, 1961)
  • Parasagitta friderici (Ritter-Záhony, 1911)
  • Parasagitta megalophthalma (Dallot & Ducret, 1969)
  • Parasagitta peruviana (Sund, 1961)
  • Parasagitta popovicii (Sund, 1961)
  • Parasagitta setosa (Müller, 1847)
  • Parasagitta tenuis (Conant, 1896)

References
  1. Thuesen, Erik V. (2015). "Parasagitta Tokioka, 1965". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-13.


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