| Micropacter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Remipedia |
| Order: | Nectiopoda |
| Family: | Micropacteridae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 20073 |
| Genus: | Micropacter Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 20072 |
| Species: | M. yagerae
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| Binomial name | |
| Micropacter yagerae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 20071
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Micropacter is a monospecific genus of remipedes in the family Micropacteridae, of which it is the only member.23 It was discovered in anchialine caves on the Turks and Caicos Islands.4
The type and only species is M. yagerae, named after American zoologist and cave diver Jill Yager, who discovered the first remipede in 1979.24
References
References
- Koenemann S, Hoenemann M, Stemme T, eds. (2026). "Micropacter yagerae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007". World Remipedia Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- Koenemann S, Hoenemann M, Stemme T, eds. (2026). "Micropacter Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007". World Remipedia Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- Koenemann S, Hoenemann M, Stemme T, eds. (2026). "Micropacteridae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007". World Remipedia Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- Koenemann, Stefan; Iliffe, Thomas M.; van der Ham, Joris L. (12 April 2007). "Micropacteridae, a new family of Remipedia (Crustacea) from the Turks and Caicos Islands". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 7 (1): 52.e1–52.e14. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2006.07.002. ISSN 1439-6092. S2CID 53354471.