Godzillognomus schrami
Appearance
Godzillognomus schrami | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Remipedia |
Order: | Nectiopoda |
Family: | Godzilliidae |
Genus: | Godzillognomus |
Species: | G. schrami
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Binomial name | |
Godzillognomus schrami Iliffe, Otten & Koenemann, 2010
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Godzilliognomus schrami is a species of Remipedia discovered in 2007, representing one of five extant species of the family Godzilliidae. It generally reaches about 7 millimetres (0.28 in) in length and inhabits a single anchialine cave on Eleuthera Island.[1] The specific epithet commemorates Frederick Schram.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Thomas M. Iliffe, Tina Otten & Stefan Koenemann (2010). "Godzilliognomus schrami, a new species of Remipedia (Crustacea) from Eleuthera, Bahamas" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2491: 61–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2491.1.4.