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]

Bathybelos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chaetognatha
Class: Sagittoidea
Order: Aphragmophora
Family: Bathybelidae
Bieri, 1989[1]
Genus: Bathybelos
Owre, 1973
Species:
B. typhlops
Binomial name
Bathybelos typhlops
Owre, 1973

References edit

  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.
  2. ^ a b 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.