Pterosagittidae is a family of sagittoideans in the order Aphragmophora. It consists of a single genus, Pterosagitta Costa, 1869,[2] which consists of a single species, Pterosagitta draco (Krohn, 1853).[3]

Pterosagitta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chaetognatha
Class: Sagittoidea
Order: Aphragmophora
Family: Pterosagittidae
Tokioka, 1965[1]
Genus: Pterosagitta
Costa, 1869
Species:
P. draco
Binomial name
Pterosagitta draco
(Krohn, 1853)

References

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  1. ^ Tokioka, T. (1965). The taxonomical outline of Chaetognatha. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 12, 335–357.
  2. ^ Costa, A. (1869). Di un nuovo genere di Chetognati. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Università di Napoli, 5, 54–57.
  3. ^ Krohn, A. (1853). Nachträgliche Bemerkungen über den Bau der Gattung Sagitta, nebst der Beschreibung einiger neunen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 19(1), 266–277.