Xenoturbella

Xenoturbella
Xenoturbella japonica. The white arrowhead indicates the ring furrow.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Xenacoelomorpha
Subphylum: Xenoturbellida
Bourlat et al., 2006
Family: Xenoturbellidae
Westblad, 1949
Genus: Xenoturbella
Westblad, 1949[1][2]
Species

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Xenoturbella is a genus of very simple bilaterians up to a few centimeters long. It contains a small number of marine benthic worm-like species.[3]

The first known species (Xenoturbella bocki) was collected in 1878 and 1879 in the Gullmar fiord on the Swedish west coast by August Malm and is stored in the collection of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum.[4] A specimen is on display in the exhibition. It was collected again in the Gullmar fiord in 1915 by Sixten Bock, but it was only properly described in 1949 by Einar Westblad.[5] The type specimens are kept at the Swedish national museum of natural history in Stockholm.

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  2. ^ Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (2006–2016). "Xenoturbella". Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  3. ^ Rouse, Greg W.; Wilson, Nerida G.; Carvajal, Jose I.; Vrijenhoek, Robert C. (2016-02-03). "New deep-sea species of Xenoturbella and the position of Xenacoelomorpha". Nature. 530 (7588): 94–97. Bibcode:2016Natur.530...94R. doi:10.1038/nature16545. PMID 26842060. S2CID 3870574.
  4. ^ Paulsen, Hege (March 17, 2013). "Vår urmor i havet". abc/nyheter. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ^ Westblad, E (1949). "Xenoturbella bocki n. g., n. sp., a peculiar, primitive Turbellarian type". Arkiv för Zoologi. 1: 3–29.