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