Gnathifera
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Gnathifera may refer to:
- Gnathifera (phylum)Gnathifera (phylum)Gnathifera is an assemblage of phyla of metazoans."Acanthognatha" is a similar grouping, including rotifers, acanthocephalans, gastrotrichs, and gnathostomulids....
, a phylum within the superphylum PlatyzoaPlatyzoaThe Platyzoa are a group of protostome animals proposed by Thomas Cavalier-Smith in 1998. Cavalier-Smith included in Platyzoa the Phylum Platyhelminthes or flatworms, and a new phylum, Acanthognatha, into which he gathered several previously described phyla of microscopic animals...
(Gnathifera Ahlrichs, 1995) - a genusGenusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of mothsMothsMoths may refer to:* Gustav Moths , German rower* The Moths!, an English indie rock band* MOTHS, members of the Memorable Order of Tin Hats...
(GnathiferaEpermeniidaeEpermeniidae or "fringe-tufted moths" is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order with about 14 genera. Previously they have been divided in two subfamilies Epermeniinae and Ochromolopinae but this is no longer maintained since the last group is probably hierarchically nested within the first...
Gaedike, 1978)