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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Hemichordata |
Class: | Pterobranchia |
Order: | Cephalodiscida |
Family: | Atubaridae |
Genus: | Atubaria |
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A. heterolopha
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Binomial name | |
Atubaria heterolopha Sato 1936 |
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 confertainSagami Bay, Japan.[2]
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]
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