Cephalodiscus nigrescens

Cephalodiscus nigrescens is a sessile hemichordate belonging to the order Cephalodiscida.[2]

Cephalodiscus nigrescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Pterobranchia
Order:
Cephalodiscida
Family:
Cephalodiscidae
Genus:
Cephalodiscus
Species:
C. nigrescens
Binomial name
Cephalodiscus nigrescens
Lankester, 1905[1]

Parasites

The parasitic protozoan Neurosporidium cephalodisci has been found in the nervous system of Cephalodiscus nigrescens.[3]

References
  1. Lankester, E.R. (1905). On a new species of Cephalodiscus (C. nigrescens) from the Antarctic Ocean. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 76: 400-402.
  2. Swalla, B.J.; van der Land, J. (2020). "Cephalodiscus nigrescens". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  3. Maletz, Jörg. (2017) Graptolite Paleobiology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118515617


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