Cephalodiscida

Cephalodiscida
Temporal range:
Cephalodiscus dodecalophus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Pterobranchia
Order: Cephalodiscida
Fowler, 1892
Families
Synonyms
  • Cephalodiscoidea Beklemishev, 1951

Cephalodiscida is one of two orders in the class Pterobranchia, which are small, worm-shaped animals. Members belong to the hemichordates. Species in this order are sessile, living in clear water and secrete tubes on the ocean floor.