Limnognathia
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Limnognathia maerski is a microscopic acoelomate freshwater animal, discovered living in warm springs on Disko Island, Greenland, in 1994.[1] Since then, it has also been found on the Crozet Islands of Antarctica[2] as well as in the British Isles,[3] suggesting a worldwide distribution, although there are likely different species yet to be described.
Limnognathia | |
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Schematic drawing of Limnognathia maerski | |
Microscopic on L. maerski | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
Clade: | ParaHoxozoa |
Clade: | Bilateria |
Clade: | Nephrozoa |
(unranked): | Protostomia |
(unranked): | Spiralia |
Clade: | Gnathifera |
Phylum: | Micrognathozoa |
Order: | Limnognathida |
Family: | Limnognathiidae |
Genus: | Limnognathia |
Species: | L. maerski |
Binomial name | |
Limnognathia maerski Kristensen & Funch, 2000 | |
With an average length of 100 micrometers (μm), it is one of the smallest known animals.
Etymology of Micrognathozoa: From the Greek Micros (= very small) Gnathos (= jaw) and Zoon (= animal)
L. maerski is the only species that belongs to the Micrognathozoa, a relatively new phylum of animals that was only described in 2000. [4][5]