Pycnophyidae
Family of small marine invertebrates
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Pycnophyidae is a family of kinorhynchs in the class Allomalorhagida.
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| Pycnophyidae | |
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| Cristaphyes glaurung | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Kinorhyncha |
| Class: | Allomalorhagida |
| Family: | Pycnophyidae Zelnka, 1896[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Pycnophyes Zelinka, 1907 | |
| Genera | |
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See text. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Genera
The following genera are recognised:[2]
- Cristaphyes Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016
- Fujuriphyes Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016
- Higginsium Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016
- Kinorhynchus Sheremetevskij, 1974
- Krakenella Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016
- Leiocanthus Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016
- Pycnophyes Zelinka, 1907
- Setaphyes Sánchez, Yamasaki, Pardos, Sørensen & Martínez, 2016
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