| Dendrogaster antarctica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Order: | Dendrogastrida |
| Family: | Dendrogastridae |
| Genus: | Dendrogaster |
| Species: | D. antarctica
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendrogaster antarctica Grygier (1980)1
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Dendrogaster antarctica is an endoparasitic ascothoracid in the family Dendrogastridae that parasitizes on the common Antarctica cushion star, Odontaster validus.2 It has been found in several sites in Antarctica and was originally discovered by Mark J. Grygier in 1980.3 He then released an article in 1987 explaining the characteristics of a female member of the species.4 It was confirmed as an official species in 2003.5
It has extremely small sperm. Their heads are 6–7 μm, long, The midpiece is as long as the head, and tapers to a flagellum 45–50 μm long. This sperm is the most primitive yet found in crustaceans.6
References
References
- "Dendrogaster antarctica Grygier, 1980". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- Stanwell-Smith, D. (1997). Larval ecology of benthic marine invertebrates at Signy island, Antarctica (Order No. C616159) (Thesis). ProQuest 304404400.
- Grygier, M. J. (2023). Walter TC (ed.). "Dendrogaster antarctica Grygier, 1980". World Ascothoracida Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- Grygier, M. J. (1987). "Antarctic Records of Asteroid-Infesting Ascothoracida (Crustacea), Including a New Genus of Ctenosculidae". Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 100 (4): 700–712.
- Clarke, A.; Johnston, N. M. (2003). "Antarctic marine benthic diversity". In Gibson; R. N.; et al. (eds.). Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 41. pp. 47–114.
- Grygier, Mark J. (1981). "Sperm of the ascothoracican parasite Dendrogaster, the most primitive found in Crustacea". International Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction. 3 (2): 65–73. doi:10.1080/01651269.1981.10553383.