Thalassema antarcticum

Thalassema antarcticum is a species of marine echiuran worm.[1] This species is different from others in its genus that also have continuous longitudinal muscles by its lack of papillae on the body.[2]

Thalassema antarcticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Subclass: Echiura
Order: Echiuroidea
Family: Thalassematidae
Genus: Thalassema
Species:
T. antarcticum
Binomial name
Thalassema antarcticum
Stephen, 1941

References

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  1. ^ Tanaka, Mataatsu (2017). "Thalassema Pallas,1774". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ Great Britain Colonial Office Discovery Committee, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain. (1942). The Echiuridae, Sipunculidae and Priapulidae Collected by the Ships of the Discovery Committee During the Years 1926-1937. In Discovery reports v.21 (pp. 248). essay, London, Cambridge University Press.