Spadellidae

Spadellidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chaetognatha
Class:	Sagittoidea
Order:	Phragmophora
Family:	Spadellidae Tokioka, 1965[1]

Spadellidae is a family of sagittoideans in the order Phragmophora. Spadellidae prey on plankton and commonly reside in the epipelagic zone of the ocean.[2]

Genera

• Bathyspadella Tokioka, 1939[3]
• Calispadella Casanova & Moreau, 2005[4]
• Hemispadella Casanova, 1996[5]
• Paraspadella von Salvini-Plawen, 1986[6]
• Spadella Langerhans, 1880[7]

References

1. Tokioka, T. (1965). The taxonomical outline of Chaetognatha. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 12(5), 335–357.
2. Arruda, Michele Rodrigues; Ávila, Luiz Ricardo Marques; Bonecker, Sérgio Luiz Costa (2010-10-01). "Chaetognatha, Spadellidae, Paraspadella nana Owre, 1963: new occurrence from the southwest Atlantic Ocean". Check List. 6 (4): 628. doi:10.15560/6.4.628. ISSN 1809-127X.
3. Tokioka, T. (1939). Three new chaetognaths from Japanese waters. Memoirs of the Imperial Marine Observatory, 7, 129–139.
4. Casanova, J. Moreau, X. (2005). Calispadella alata n. gen., n. sp., the first chaetognath recorded from a hydrothermal vent site (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Journal of Plankton Research, 27(2), 221–225.
5. Casanova, J. (1996). A new genus and species of deep benthic chaetognath from the Atlantic: a probable link between the families Heterokrohniidae and Spadellidae. Journal of Natural History, 30, 1239–1245.
6. von Salvini-Plawen, L. (1986). Systematic notes on Spadella and on the Chaetognatha in general. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 24(2), 122–128.
7. Langerhans, P. (1880). Die Wurmfauna Madeiras. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 33, 271–316.