Myzostomida

Myzostomida
Myzostoma fuscomaculatum on its host the crinoid Tropiometra carinata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Myzostomida
von Graff, 1877

The Myzostomida or Myzostomatida are an order of small marine worms, which are parasitic on echinoderms, mostly crinoids. These highly unusual and diverse annelids[1] were first discovered by Friedrich Sigismund Leuckart in 1827.

  1. ^ Summers, Mindi M.; Rouse, Greg W. (2014). "Phylogeny of Myzostomida (Annelida) and their relationships with echinoderm hosts". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14: 170. doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0170-7. PMC 4160548. PMID 25164680.

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