Bathynellacea

Bathynellacea is an order of crustaceans which live interstitially in groundwater.[3] Some species can tolerate low salt concentrations, and at least one African species is a thermophile, living in hot springs and tolerating temperatures up to 55 °C (131 °F).[4] Bathynellaceans are minute, blind, worm-like animals with short, weak legs,[5] reaching a maximum size of 3.4 millimetres (0.13 in).[6] They are found on every continent except Antarctica, although they are missing from some islands, including Fiji, New Caledonia and the Caribbean islands.[4] There are two families, Bathynellidae and Parabathynellidae; a third family, "Leptobathynellidae", is considered a synonym of Parabathynellidae.[7]

Bathynellacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Superorder:
Syncarida
Order:
Bathynellacea

Chappuis, 1915 [1][2]
Families [1]
  • Bathynellidae Grobben, 1905
  • Parabathynellidae Noodt, 1965

References
  1. "Bathynellacea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  2. Pierre-Alfred Chappuis (1915). "Bathynella natans und ihre Stellung im System". Zoologische Jahrbücher: Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere (in German). 40 (2): 147–176.
  3. J. K. Lowry. "Bathynellacea (Malacostraca)". Crustacea, the Higher Taxa: Description, Identification, and Information Retrieval. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  4. "Bathynellacea". Animal Life Resource. Jrank. Archived from the original on 10 September 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  5. "Crustacean". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  6. "Bathynellacea (bathynellaceans)". Identification and Ecology of Australian Freshwater Invertebrates. Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  7. Jan Drewes & Horst Kurt Schminke (2011). "Number of families within Bathynellacea (Malacostraca) and year of publication of their names, with redescription of Baicalobathynella magna (Bazikalova, 1954) from Lake Baikal". Crustaceana. 84 (11): 1377–1401. doi:10.1163/001121611X590120.


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