# Spadellidae

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Family of marine worms

Spadellidae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chaetognatha Class: Sagittoidea Order: Phragmophora Family: Spadellidae Tokioka, 1965[1]

**Spadellidae** is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [sagittoideans](/source/Sagittoidea) in the [order](/source/Order_(biology)) [Phragmophora](/source/Phragmophora). Spadellidae prey on [plankton](/source/Plankton) and commonly reside in the epipelagic zone of the ocean.[2]

## Genera

- *[Bathyspadella](/source/Bathyspadella)* Tokioka, 1939[3]

- *[Calispadella](/source/Calispadella)* Casanova & Moreau, 2005[4]

- *[Hemispadella](/source/Hemispadella)* Casanova, 1996[5]

- *[Paraspadella](/source/Paraspadella)* von Salvini-Plawen, 1986[6]

- *[Spadella](/source/Spadella)* Langerhans, 1880[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-I_1-0)** Tokioka, T. (1965). The taxonomical outline of Chaetognatha. *Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory*, 12(5), 335–357.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Arruda, Michele Rodrigues; Ávila, Luiz Ricardo Marques; Bonecker, Sérgio Luiz Costa (2010-10-01). ["Chaetognatha, Spadellidae, Paraspadella nana Owre, 1963: new occurrence from the southwest Atlantic Ocean"](https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/18125/). *Check List*. **6** (4): 628. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.15560/6.4.628](https://doi.org/10.15560%2F6.4.628). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1809-127X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1809-127X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-II_3-0)** Tokioka, T. (1939). Three new chaetognaths from Japanese waters. *Memoirs of the Imperial Marine Observatory*, 7, 129–139.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-III_4-0)** Casanova, J. Moreau, X. (2005). *Calispadella alata* n. gen., n. sp., the first chaetognath recorded from a [hydrothermal vent](/source/Hydrothermal_vent) site (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). *Journal of Plankton Research*, 27(2), 221–225.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-IV_5-0)** Casanova, J. (1996). A new genus and species of deep benthic chaetognath from the Atlantic: a probable link between the families Heterokrohniidae and Spadellidae. *Journal of Natural History*, 30, 1239–1245.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-V_6-0)** von Salvini-Plawen, L. (1986). Systematic notes on *Spadella* and on the Chaetognatha in general. *Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung*, 24(2), 122–128.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-VI_7-0)** Langerhans, P. (1880). Die Wurmfauna Madeiras. *Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie*, 33, 271–316.

Taxon identifiers Spadellidae Wikidata: Q2808394 Wikispecies: Spadellidae AFD: Spadellidae BOLD: 1045 CoL: 84KSB EoL: 2058 GBIF: 1905 IRMNG: 109187 ITIS: 158657 NBN: NHMSYS0021053185 NCBI: 34756 Open Tree of Life: 321956 WoRMS: 15177

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