Bathybelos
| Bathybelos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chaetognatha |
| Class: | Sagittoidea |
| Order: | Aphragmophora |
| Family: | Bieri, 1989[1] |
| Genus: | Owre, 1973 |
| Species: | B. typhlops
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathybelos typhlops Owre, 1973
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Bathybelidae is a family of sagittoideans in the order Aphragmophora. It consists of a single genus, Bathybelos Owre, 1973,[2] which consists of a single species, Bathybelos typhlops Owre, 1973.[2] It is unusual for having a dorsal ganglion instead of the ventral ganglion of all other chaetognaths, alongside a neck-like structure. These are believed to be adaptations to the deep-ocean benthic habitat of the animal.[3]
References
- ^ Bieri, R. (1989). Krohnittellidae and Bathybelidae, new families in the phylum Chaetognatha; the rejection of the family Tokiokaispadellidae and the genera Tokiokaisapadella, Zahonya, and Aberrospadella. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102(4), 973–976.
- ^ a b Owre, H. B. (1973). A new chaetognath genus and species with remarks on the taxonomy and distribution of others. Bulletin of Marine Science, 23, 948–963.
- ^ Bieri, Robert; Thuesen, Erik V. (1990). "The Strange Worm Bathybelos". American Scientist. 78 (6): 542–549. ISSN 0003-0996.