Bathybelos

Bathybelos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chaetognatha
Class:	Sagittoidea
Order:	Aphragmophora
Family:	Bathybelidae; Bieri, 1989
Genus:	Bathybelos; Owre, 1973
Species:	B. typhlops
Binomial name
	Bathybelos typhlops; Owre, 1973

Bathybelidae is a family of sagittoideans in the order Aphragmophora. It consists of a single genus, Bathybelos Owre, 1973,² which consists of a single species, Bathybelos typhlops Owre, 1973.² It is unusual for having a dorsal ganglion instead of the ventral ganglion of all other chaetognaths, alongside a neck-like structure. These are believed to be adaptations to the deep-ocean benthic habitat of the animal.³

References

Bieri, R. (1989). Krohnittellidae and Bathybelidae, new families in the phylum Chaetognatha; the rejection of the family Tokiokaispadellidae and the genera Tokiokaisapadella, Zahonya, and Aberrospadella. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102(4), 973–976.
Owre, H. B. (1973). A new chaetognath genus and species with remarks on the taxonomy and distribution of others. Bulletin of Marine Science, 23, 948–963.
Bieri, Robert; Thuesen, Erik V. (1990). "The Strange Worm Bathybelos". American Scientist. 78 (6): 542–549. ISSN 0003-0996.

[I-1] Bieri, R. (1989). Krohnittellidae and Bathybelidae, new families in the phylum Chaetognatha; the rejection of the family Tokiokaispadellidae and the genera Tokiokaisapadella, Zahonya, and Aberrospadella. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102(4), 973–976.

[II-2] Owre, H. B. (1973). A new chaetognath genus and species with remarks on the taxonomy and distribution of others. Bulletin of Marine Science, 23, 948–963.

[III-3] Bieri, Robert; Thuesen, Erik V. (1990). "The Strange Worm Bathybelos". American Scientist. 78 (6): 542–549. ISSN 0003-0996.

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