Hutchinsoniella
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Hutchinsoniella macracantha is a species of crustacean known as a horseshoe shrimp. It is the only species in the genus Hutchinsoniella and was first described in 1955 by Howard L. Sanders, having been discovered in Long Island Sound;[3] they were the first example of a new class of crustacean that was given the name Cephalocarida.[4]
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Hutchinsoniella | |
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Hutchinsoniella macracantha | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Cephalocarida |
Order: | Brachypoda |
Family: | Hutchinsoniellidae |
Genus: | Hutchinsoniella Sanders, 1955[1] |
Species: | H. macracantha |
Binomial name | |
Hutchinsoniella macracantha Sanders, 1955[2] | |
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