Kinorhyncha
E401054
Kinorhyncha are a phylum of minute, segmented, marine invertebrates known as mud dragons, characterized by a spiny head and burrowing lifestyle in marine sediments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kinorhyncha canonical | 2 |
| Cyclorhagida | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3927076 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kinorhyncha Context triple: [Ecdysozoa, contains, Kinorhyncha]
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A.
Priapulida
Priapulida is a small phylum of unsegmented, burrowing marine worms known for their cylindrical, eversible proboscis and occurrence in soft seafloor sediments.
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B.
Sipuncula
Sipuncula, commonly known as peanut worms, are a small phylum of unsegmented marine worms characterized by a retractable introvert and burrowing lifestyle in soft sediments or rock crevices.
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C.
Micrognathozoa
Micrognathozoa is a tiny, jaw-bearing group of microscopic invertebrates known from freshwater habitats and notable for their complex feeding apparatus and uncertain placement among other animal phyla.
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D.
Rotifera
Rotifera is a phylum of microscopic, mostly aquatic invertebrates known for their wheel-like ciliated structures used for feeding and locomotion.
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E.
Pycnoidei
Pycnoidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, comprising various bottom-dwelling, often spiny species.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kinorhyncha Target entity description: Kinorhyncha are a phylum of minute, segmented, marine invertebrates known as mud dragons, characterized by a spiny head and burrowing lifestyle in marine sediments.
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A.
Priapulida
Priapulida is a small phylum of unsegmented, burrowing marine worms known for their cylindrical, eversible proboscis and occurrence in soft seafloor sediments.
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B.
Sipuncula
Sipuncula, commonly known as peanut worms, are a small phylum of unsegmented marine worms characterized by a retractable introvert and burrowing lifestyle in soft sediments or rock crevices.
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C.
Micrognathozoa
Micrognathozoa is a tiny, jaw-bearing group of microscopic invertebrates known from freshwater habitats and notable for their complex feeding apparatus and uncertain placement among other animal phyla.
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D.
Rotifera
Rotifera is a phylum of microscopic, mostly aquatic invertebrates known for their wheel-like ciliated structures used for feeding and locomotion.
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E.
Pycnoidei
Pycnoidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, comprising various bottom-dwelling, often spiny species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
phylum
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodyCavity | pseudocoelomate ⓘ |
| bodyLength | 0.1–1 mm ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | segmented body ⓘ |
| bodySymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| circulatorySystem | absent ⓘ |
| clade | Cycloneuralia ⓘ |
| commonName | mud dragons ⓘ |
| containsClass |
Allomalorhagida
ⓘ
Cyclorhagida ⓘ
linked to:
Kinorhyncha
|
| cuticle | chitinous cuticle ⓘ |
| cuticleFeature |
external plates
ⓘ
spines ⓘ |
| describedBy | Anton Dohrn ⓘ |
| development | direct development ⓘ |
| diet |
microorganisms
ⓘ
organic detritus ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
meiobenthos component
ⓘ
sediment bioturbator ⓘ |
| environment | benthic ⓘ |
| excretorySystem | protonephridia ⓘ |
| feedingType |
deposit feeder
ⓘ
microbivore ⓘ |
| fertilization | internal fertilization ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1863 ⓘ |
| habitat | marine sediments ⓘ |
| hasBodyRegion |
head
ⓘ
neck ⓘ trunk ⓘ |
| headFeature |
circlet of spines
ⓘ
eversible introvert ⓘ scalids ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalStage | absent ⓘ |
| lifestyle |
burrowing
ⓘ
infaunal ⓘ |
| locomotion |
burrowing with spines
ⓘ
peristaltic movements ⓘ |
| nervousSystem |
circumpharyngeal brain
ⓘ
longitudinal nerve cords ⓘ |
| parasitism | non-parasitic ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Loricifera
ⓘ
Priapulida ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| respiration | diffusion through body surface ⓘ |
| segmentation | 11 trunk segments ⓘ |
| sexes | dioecious ⓘ |
| sizeClass | microscopic ⓘ |
| skeleton | hydrostatic skeleton ⓘ |
| superphylum | Ecdysozoa ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kinorhyncha Description of subject: Kinorhyncha are a phylum of minute, segmented, marine invertebrates known as mud dragons, characterized by a spiny head and burrowing lifestyle in marine sediments.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kinorhyncha