Atubaria heterolopha
| Atubaria heterolopha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Hemichordata |
| Class: | Pterobranchia |
| Order: | Cephalodiscida |
| Family: | Atubaridae |
| Genus: | Atubaria |
| Species: | A. heterolopha
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| Binomial name | |
| Atubaria heterolopha Sato 1936
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Atubaria heterolopha is a species of hemichordates in the monotypic genus Atubaria and in the monotypic family Atubaridae. This taxon belongs to the pterobranchian order Cephalodiscida. It was described by Tadao Sato in 1936[1] from specimens found feeding on a colony of the hydrozoan Dycoryne conferta in Sagami Bay, Japan.[2]
Description
The characteristics of this pterobranch species include a 1–5 mm long zooid, a collar with four pairs of tentaculated arms, a single pair of pharyngeal slits, and a solitary and sedentary behaviour.[3] It closely resembles Cephalodiscus members.[4]
References
- ^ Sato, Tadao (1936). "Vorläufige Mitteilung über Atubaria heterolopha gen. nov. sp. nov., einen in freiem Zustand aufgefundenen Pterobranchier aus dem Stillen Ozean". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 115: 97–106.
- ^ Maletz, Jörg (2017). Graptolite Paleobiology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118515617.
- ^ Kotpal R. L. (2012). Modern Text Book of Zoology: Invertebrates. Rastogi Publications. ISBN 978-81-7133-903-7.
- ^ Halanych, K. M. (1996-02-01). "Convergence in the Feeding Apparatuses of Lophophorates and Pterobranch Hemichordates Revealed by 18S rDNA: An Interpretation". The Biological Bulletin. 190 (1): 1–5. doi:10.2307/1542669. ISSN 0006-3185. JSTOR 1542669. PMID 29244547.