Cateria Explained

Cateriidae is a family of kinorhynchs placed either in the class Cyclorhagida (according to Sørensen et al.) or Allomalorhagida (according to Herranz et al.).^[1] It consists of a single genus, Cateria Gerlach, 1956.

Species

• Cateria gerlachi Higgins, 1968^[2]
• Cateria styx Gerlach, 1956

Notes and References

1. Phylogenomic analyses of mud dragons (Kinorhyncha). 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107375. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 168. Herranz. Maria. etal. March 2022. 107375 . 34952205 . 245419318 . free.
2. Higgins, R. P. (1968). Taxonomy and postembryonic development of the Crytorhagae, a new suborder for the mesopsammic kinorhynch genus Cateria. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 87(1), 21–39.