Bathynellacea
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
Bathynellacea
| Bathynellacea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropod |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Syncarida |
| Order: | Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915 [1][2] |
| Families [1] | |
|
|
Bathynellacea is an order of crustaceans which live interstitially in groundwater.[3] Some species can tolerate low salt concentrations, and at least one African species is a thermophile, living in hot springs and tolerating temperatures up to 55 °C (131 °F).[4] Bathynellaceans are minute, blind, worm-like animals with short, weak legs,[5] reaching a maximum size of 3.4 millimetres (0.13 in).[6] They are found on every continent except Antarctica, although they are missing from some islands, including Fiji, New Caledonia and the Caribbean islands.[4] There are two families, Bathynellidae and Parabathynellidae; a third family, "Leptobathynellidae", is considered a synonym of Parabathynellidae.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Bathynellacea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=621157. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ Pierre-Alfred Chappuis (1915). "Bathynella natans und ihre Stellung im System" (in de). Zoologische Jahrbücher: Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 40 (2): 147–176. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9759482.
- ^ J. K. Lowry. "Bathynellacea (Malacostraca)". Crustacea, the Higher Taxa: Description, Identification, and Information Retrieval. http://crustacea.net/crustace/www/bathynel.htm. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ a b "Bathynellacea". Animal Life Resource. Jrank. http://animals.jrank.org/pages/1766/Bathynellaceans-Bathynellacea.html. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ "Crustacean". Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/359445/malacostracan/33792/Annotated-classification#. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- ^ "Bathynellacea (bathynellaceans)". Identification and Ecology of Australian Freshwater Invertebrates. Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre. http://www.mdfrc.org.au/bugguide/display.asp?class=18&subclass=33&order=29&Couplet=0&Type=3. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ Jan Drewes & Horst Kurt Schminke (2011). "Number of families within Bathynellacea (Malacostraca) and year of publication of their names, with redescription of Baicalobathynella magna (Bazikalova, 1954) from Lake Baikal". Crustaceana 84 (11): 1377–1401. DOI:10.1163/001121611X590120.
External links
Data related to Bathynellacea at Wikispecies
.png){kind=small} |
This crustacean-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Wikipedia on Answers.com
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Bathynellacea.
Read more