Plutomurus ortobalaganensis

Plutomurus ortobalaganensis is the deepest terrestrial animal ever found on Earth, living at 1,980 metres (6,500 ft) below a cave entrance.[1] [2] It is a species of springtail (arthropods) endemic to the Krubera-Voronja cave system in Georgia. It was discovered in the CAVEX Team expedition of 2010.[3]

Plutomurus ortobalaganensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Entognatha (?)
Family: Tomoceridae
Genus: Plutomurus
Species:
P. ortobalaganensis
Binomial name
Plutomurus ortobalaganensis
Jordana & Baquero, 2012

References

  1. Jordana, R.; Baquero, E.; Reboleira, S.; Sendra, A. (2012), "Reviews of the genera Schaefferia Absolon, 1900, Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901, Plutomurus Yosii, 1956 and the Anurida Laboulbène, 1865 species group without eyes, with the description of four new species of cave springtails (Collembola) from Krubera-Voronya cave, Arabika Massif, Abkhazia", Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, Netherlands, 5: 35–85, doi:10.1163/187498312x622430, hdl:10171/27607
  2. Sendra, A.; Reboleira, A. S. P. S. (2012), "The world's deepest subterranean community – Krubera–Voronja Cave (Western Caucasus)", International Journal of Speleology, USA, 42 (2): 221–230, doi:10.5038/1827-806x.41.2.9
  3. "CAVEX Team".
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