Harrimania planktophilus

Harrimania planktophilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Enteropneusta
Order: Enteropneusta
Family: Harrimaniidae
Genus: Harrimania
Species:
H. planktophilus
Binomial name
Harrimania planktophilus
Cameron, 2002 [1]

Harrimania planktophilus is a marine acorn worm in the family Harrimaniidae. It lives in a burrow in sediment on the sea floor. It is only known from western Canada and was first described by Cameron in 2002. The species name is from the Greek and translates as "lover of plankton".[2]

  1. ^ Harrimania planktophilus - Cameron, 2002 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  2. ^ Cameron, Christopher B. (2002). "The Anatomy, Life Habits, and Later Development of a New Species of Enteropneust, Harrimania planktophilus (Hemichordata: Harrimaniidae) From Barkley Sound". Biological Bulletin. 202 (2): 182–191. doi:10.2307/1543654. JSTOR 1543654. PMID 11971813.