Subtriquetra

Subtriquetra
Various SEM micrographs of Subtriquetra spp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ichthyostraca
Order: Porocephalida
Family: Subtriquetridae
Fain, 1961
Genus: Subtriquetra
Sambon, 1922
Type species
Subtriquetra subtriquetra
(Diesing, 1836)
(originally Pentastoma subtriquetrum)
Other species
  • Subtriquetra megacephalum (Baird, 1853)
  • Subtriquetra rileyi Junker, Boomker & Booyse, 1998
  • Subtriquetra shipleyi Hett, 1924

Subtriquetra is a genus of tongue worms in the monogeneric family Subtriquetridae. The type species, Subtriquetra subtriquetra, has a free-living larval stage.

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