This volume includes a general introduction a chapter on fossil representatives of the
Cycloneuralia and chapters on the taxa Nematomorpha Priapulida Kinorhyncha and Loricifera.
The taxa described herein include the parasitic horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) and the marine
priapulids kinorhynchs and loriciferans the latter of which belong to the smallest metazoan
animals and have fascinating life cycles and ecological capabilities. The volume presents a
detailed insight into the morphology ecology and systematics of each of these groups.
