| Atubaria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Hemichordata |
| Class: | Pterobranchia |
| Order: | Cephalodiscida |
| Family: | Atubaridae Benito, 1982 |
| Genus: | Atubaria Sato, 1936 |
| Species: | A. heterolopha
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| Binomial name | |
| Atubaria heterolopha Sato, 1936
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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 19361 from specimens found feeding on a colony of the hydrozoan Dycoryne conferta in Sagami Bay, Japan.2
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
References
- 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.
- Maletz, Jörg (2017). Graptolite Paleobiology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118515617.
- Kotpal R. L. (2012). Modern Text Book of Zoology: Invertebrates. Rastogi Publications. ISBN 978-81-7133-903-7.
- 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.