Biology:Rhabdopleura striata
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Short description: Species of hemichordates in the pterobranchian class
| Rhabdopleura striata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Hemichordata |
| Class: | Pterobranchia |
| Order: | Rhabdopleurida |
| Family: | Rhabdopleuridae |
| Genus: | Rhabdopleura |
| Species: | R. striata
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhabdopleura striata Schepotieff, 1909
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Rhabdopleura striata is a sessile hemichordate. It is a suspension feeder that secretes tubes on the ocean floor.[1][2]
The zooids are dark brown.[3]
Distribution
Rhabdopleura striata is known only from a single collection from coral reefs off the coast of northern Sri Lanka.[3]
References
- ↑ Maletz, Jörg (2014). "The classification of the Pterobranchia (Cephalodiscida and Graptolithina)". Bulletin of Geosciences 89 (3): 477–540. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1465. ISSN 1214-1119.
- ↑ Maletz, Jörg (2017). Graptolite Paleobiology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118515617. https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Graptolite+Paleobiology-p-9781118515617.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Beli E, Aglieri G, Strano F, Maggioni D, Telford MJ, Piraino S, Cameron CB (2018) The zoogeography of extant rhabdopleurid hemichordates (Pterobranchia: Graptolithina), with a new species from the Mediterranean Sea. Invertebr Syst 32(1):100–110. doi:10.1071/IS17021
Wikidata ☰ Q2213666 entry
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