Micropacter
| Micropacter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Remipedia |
| Order: | Nectiopoda |
| Family: | Micropacteridae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007[1] |
| Genus: | Micropacter Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007[2] |
| Species: | M. yagerae |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropacter yagerae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007[3] | |
Micropacter is a monospecific genus of remipedes in the family Micropacteridae, of which it is the only member.[2][1] It was discovered in anchialine caves on the Turks and Caicos Islands.[4]
The type and only species is M. yagerae, named after American zoologist and cave diver Jill Yager, who discovered the first remipede in 1979.[2][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Koenemann S, Hoenemann M, Stemme T, eds. (2026). "Micropacteridae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007". World Remipedia Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- 1 2 3 Koenemann S, Hoenemann M, Stemme T, eds. (2026). "Micropacter Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007". World Remipedia Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ↑ Koenemann S, Hoenemann M, Stemme T, eds. (2026). "Micropacter yagerae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007". World Remipedia Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- 1 2 Koenemann, Stefan; Iliffe, Thomas M.; van der Ham, Joris L. (12 April 2007). "Micropacteridae, a new family of Remipedia (Crustacea) from the Turks and Caicos Islands". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 7 (1): 52.e1–52.e14. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2006.07.002. ISSN 1439-6092. S2CID 53354471.
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