| Waldo | |
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| Waldo arthuri | |
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| Waldo paucitentaculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Galeommatida |
| Superfamily: | Galeommatoidea |
| Family: | Galeommatidae |
| Genus: | Waldo Nicol, 1966 |
| Type species | |
| Lepton parasiticum W. H. Dall, 1876
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Waldo is a genus of small marine clams in the family Galeommatidae. It includes five species which are all obligate commensals of sea urchins. They are found in the southern Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans, with the exception of Waldo arthuri which is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.[1]
- ^ Paul Valentich-Scott; Diarmaid Ó Foighil & Jingchun Li (12 July 2013). "Where's Waldo? A new commensal species, Waldo arthuri (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Galeommatidae), from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean". ZooKeys (316): 67–80. doi:10.3897/zookeys.316.4256. PMC 3713335. PMID 23878515. Retrieved July 21, 2013.