Cycloneuralia

Cycloneuralia Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Priapulus caudatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Superphylum:	Ecdysozoa
Clade:	Cycloneuralia
Subclades
Nematoida Nematoda Nematomorpha †Palaeoscolecida †Chalazoscolecidae etc. Scalidophora Kinorhyncha Priapulida Loricifera

Cycloneuralia is a proposed clade of ecdysozoan animals including the Scalidophora (Kinorhynchans, Loriciferans, Priapulids), the Nematoida (nematodes, Nematomorphs), and the extinct Palaeoscolecida.[1][2] It may be paraphyletic, or may be a sister group to Panarthropoda. Or perhaps Panarthropoda is paraphyletic with respect to Cycloneuralia.[3] The group has also been considered a single phylum, sometimes given the old name Nemathelminthes.[4] The uniting character is the nervous system organization with a circumpharyngeal brain and somata–neuropil–somata pattern.[5] The name derives from the position of the brain around the pharynx.[6]

References

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4. Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of life" (PDF). Biol. Rev. 73: 203–266. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
5. The neuromuscular system of Pycnophyes kielensis (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida) investigated by confocal laser scanning microscopy - EvoDevo
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