Atubaria heterolopha

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]

Atubaria heterolopha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Pterobranchia
Order: Cephalodiscida
Family: Atubaridae
Genus: Atubaria
Species:
A. heterolopha
Binomial name
Atubaria heterolopha
Sato 1936

Description

The characteristics of this pterobranch species include a 1-5 mm long zoid, a collar with four pairs of tentaculated arms, a single pair of pharyngeal slits, and a solitary and sedentary behaviour.[2] It closely resembles Cephalodiscus members.[3]

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References

  1. Sato, Tadao (1936). "Vorläufige Mitteilung über Atubaria heterolopha gen. nov. sp. nov., einen in freiem Zustand aufgefundenen Pterobranchier aus dem Stillen Ozean". Zoologische Anzeiger. 115: 97–106.
  2. Kotpal R. L. (2012). Modern Text Book of Zoology: Invertebrates. Rastogi Publications. ISBN 978-81-7133-903-7.
  3. 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.
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