Anatoma fujikurai is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae. It was found at a hydrothermal vent field in Myōjin Knoll caldera, Izu-Ogasawara Arc, Japan.[2]
Anatoma fujikurai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Anatomidae |
Genus: | Anatoma |
Species: | A. fujikurai
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Binomial name | |
Anatoma fujikurai Sasaki, Geiger & Okutani, 2010[1]
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See also
edit- Parakaryon myojinensis, a highly unusual single-celled organism discovered at the same location
References
edit- ^ Sasaki T., Geiger D.L. & Okutani T. (2010 ("2008")) A new species of Anatoma (Vetigastropoda: Anatomidae) from a hydrothermal vent field in Myojin Knoll Caldera, Izu-Ogasawara Arc, Japan. The Veliger 51(1): 63–75 (Published 31 March 2010). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Anatoma fujikurai Sasaki, Geiger & Okutani, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558613 on 2013-02-16
External links
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