// Workers AI · dad joke modeDoes a Torquarator go to the party? Torque-ing good time.
Appearance
| Torquarator | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Hemichordata |
| Class: | Enteropneusta |
| Family: | Torquaratoridae |
| Genus: | Torquarator Holland, Clague, Gordon, Gebruk, Pawson & Vecchione, 2005[1] |
| Species: | T. bullocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Torquarator bullocki Holland, Clague, Gordon, Gebruk, Pawson & Vecchione, 2005[1] | |
Torquarator is a genus of acorn worms belonging to the family Torquaratoridae. It contains a single species, Torquarator bullocki.[1][2] The holotype, an adult female, was found at depths of 1,901 meters (6,237 ft) in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, measuring 70 millimeters (2.8 in) long and 15 millimeters (0.59 in) wide at the collar.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Holland, Nicholas D.; Clague, David A.; Gordon, Dennis P.; Gebruk, Andrey; Pawson, David L.; Vecchione, Michael (March 2005). "'Lophenteropneust' hypothesis refuted by collection and photos of new deep-sea hemichordates". Nature. 434 (7031): 374–376. doi:10.1038/nature03382. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ↑ Shenkar N, Swalla BJ, van der Land J (eds.). "Torquarator Holland, Clague, Gordon, Gebruk, Pawson & Vecchione, 2005". Hemichordata World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
Further reading
[edit]- Osborn, Karen J.; Kuhnz, Linda A.; Priede, Imants G.; Urata, Makoto; Gebruk, Andrey V.; Holland, Nicholas D. (2012-04-22). "Diversification of acorn worms (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) revealed in the deep sea". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279 (1733): 1646–1654. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1916. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 3282343. PMID 22090391.