Limnodrilus sulphurensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Order: | Tubificida |
Family: | Naididae |
Genus: | Limnodrilus |
Species: |
L. sulphurensis
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Binomial name | |
Limnodrilus sulphurensis Fend, Liu & Erséus, 2016 |
Limnodrilus sulphurensis is a species of extremophile cave-dwelling worm. Discovered in 2007, this species lives in only two known locations in Sulpher Cave Spring at Steamboat Springs' Howelsen Hill in Colorado, United States.[1]
The worms are about an inch long and are approximately 1 to 1.5mm in diameter.[2]
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