Hutchinsoniella

Hutchinsoniella
Hutchinsoniella macracantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Cephalocarida
Order: Brachypoda
Family: Hutchinsoniellidae
Genus: Hutchinsoniella
Sanders, 1955[2]
Species:
H. macracantha
Binomial name
Hutchinsoniella macracantha
Sanders, 1955[1]

Hutchinsoniella macracantha is a species of crustacean known as a horseshoe shrimp. It is the only species in the genus Hutchinsoniella and was first described in 1955 by Howard L. Sanders, having been discovered in Long Island Sound;[3] they were the first example of a new class of crustacean that was given the name Cephalocarida.[4]

  1. ^ Boxshall, Geoff (2010). "Hutchinsoniella macracantha Sanders, 1955". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ^ Boxshall, Geoff (2010). "Hutchinsoniella Sanders, 1955". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. ^ Howard L. Sanders (1955). "The Cephalocarida, a new subclass of Crustacea from Long Island Sound". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 41 (1): 61–66. Bibcode:1955PNAS...41...61S. doi:10.1073/pnas.41.1.61. JSTOR 89010. PMC 528024. PMID 16589618.
  4. ^ Boxshall, Geoff (2010). "Cephalocarida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 January 2018.