Linguatuloidea

Linguatuloidea
Adult female Linguatula serrata
Various SEM micrographs of Subtriquetra spp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ichthyostraca
Order: Porocephalida
Superfamily: Linguatuloidea
Haldeman, 1851
Families

Linguatuloidea is a superfamily of tongue worms in the order Porocephalida. It is the adelphotaxon of Porocephaloidea. At least one species within this superfamily, Subtriquetra subtriquetra, has a free-living larval stage.

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