Xenoturbella japonica
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Xenoturbella japonica is a marine benthic worm-like species that belongs to the genus Xenoturbella. It has been discovered in western Pacific Ocean by a group of Japanese scientists from the University of Tsukuba. The species was described in 2017 in a study published in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology,[1] and amended in 2018.[2]
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Xenoturbella japonica | |
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X. japonica holotype female. The white arrowhead indicates the ring furrow. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Xenacoelomorpha |
Family: | Xenoturbellidae |
Genus: | Xenoturbella |
Species: | X. japonica |
Binomial name | |
Xenoturbella japonica Nakano, Miyazawa, Maeno, Shiroishi, Kakui, Koyanagi, Kanda, Satoh, Omori & Kohtsuka, 2018 | |
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Xenotrubella japonica is known for lacking respiratory, circulatory and an excretory system.[3][4][1]