Gastrotricha

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Gastrotricha also gastrotrichs (noun, plural; Greek gaster, stomach; thrix, hair): A phylum of aquatic micrometazoans that are oblong, strap-shaped to ovoid tenpin-shaped and bear locomotor cilia on the flattened venter.