Atubaria

<i>Atubaria heterolopha</i>

Atubaria heterolopha

Genus of hemichordates in the pterobranchian class

Atubaria heterolopha is a species of hemichordates in the monotypic genus Atubaria and in the monotypic family Atubaridae. This taxon belongs to the pterobranchian order Cephalodiscida. It was described by Tadao Sato in 1936[1] from specimens found feeding on a colony of the hydrozoan Dycoryne conferta in Sagami Bay, Japan.[2]

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Description

The characteristics of this pterobranch species include a 1–5 mm long zooid, a collar with four pairs of tentaculated arms, a single pair of pharyngeal slits, and a solitary and sedentary behaviour.[3] It closely resembles Cephalodiscus members.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Sato, Tadao (1936). "Vorläufige Mitteilung über Atubaria heterolopha gen. nov. sp. nov., einen in freiem Zustand aufgefundenen Pterobranchier aus dem Stillen Ozean". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 115: 97–106.
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    Maletz, Jörg (2017). Graptolite Paleobiology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118515617.
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    Kotpal R. L. (2012). Modern Text Book of Zoology: Invertebrates. Rastogi Publications. ISBN 978-81-7133-903-7.
  4. [4]
    Halanych, K. M. (1996-02-01). "Convergence in the Feeding Apparatuses of Lophophorates and Pterobranch Hemichordates Revealed by 18S rDNA: An Interpretation". The Biological Bulletin. 190 (1): 1–5. doi:10.2307/1542669. ISSN 0006-3185. JSTOR 1542669. PMID 29244547.
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