Sagitta (arrowworm)
Sagitta is a genus of Chaetognatha, a phylum commonly known as arrowworms or arrow worms. Phylum Chaetognatha comprises small marine worms.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chaetognatha |
| Class: | Sagittoidea |
| Order: | Aphragmophora |
| Family: | Sagittidae |
| Genus: | Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 |
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Abaciasagitta | |
This genus is characterized in part by the distribution of the cilia on the body, the thick rays in the fins, and hooks which are not serrated.[1]
As of 2007 there are 15 species.[1] More have since been described.[2]
Species include:
- Sagitta abyssicola
- Sagitta bedoti
- Sagitta bipunctata – Commons
- Sagitta bruuni
- Sagitta euneritica
- Sagitta euxina
- Sagitta glacialis
- S. g. baltica
- S. g. glacialis
- Sagitta izuensis
- Sagitta kussakini
- Sagitta modesta
- Sagitta nagae
- Sagitta nutana
- Sagitta pulchra
- Sagitta sceptrum
- Sagitta setosa
- Sagitta sublica
References
- Kassatkina, A. P. (2007). Review of the genera of the family Sagittidae with separation of a new subfamily and description of a new species of the genus Sagitta from the Sea of Japan (Chaetognatha). Zoosystematica Rossica, 16(2), 157-162.
- Kassatkina, A. P. (2008). New species of the genus Sagitta sensu str.(Chaetognatha) from the Sea of Japan with description of an original staining and dissection technique. Zoosystematica Rossica, 17(1): 3-6.
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