Invavita
| Invavita Temporal range: Ludlow,
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| I. piratica (B-F) and its host, Nymphatelina gravida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Ichthyostraca |
| Subclass: | Pentastomida |
| Order: | Cephalobaenida |
| Genus: | †Invavita Siveter et al., 2015 |
| Species: | †I. piratica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Invavita piratica Siveter et al., 2015 | |
Invavita piratica is an extinct, parasitic species of tongue worm, provisionally assigned to the order Cephalobaenida, from Herefordshire Lagerstätte, Ludlow-aged England. [1] It possessed a head, a worm-like body, and two pairs of limbs.[2]
The 425-million-year-old Silurian fossil holotype specimen was found still attached to its fossilised host, a specimen of the ostracod Nymphatelina gravida, at an undisclosed location in England.[3] It is now in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. It was first described in the journal Current Biology in 2015.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The generic name is a New Latin compound word combining "invasor" and "avitus," and roughly translates as "ancient intruder." The specific name refers to piracy; both names referring directly to the organism's obvious parasitic lifestyle.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Siveter, David J.; Briggs, Derek E.G.; Siveter, Derek J.; Sutton, Mark D. (2015). "A 425-Million-Year-Old Silurian Pentastomid Parasitic on Ostracods". Current Biology. 25 (12): 1632–1637. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.035. hdl:10044/1/23597. PMID 26004764.
- ↑ "Requiem for an ancient tongue worm". Yale News. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ Gill, Victoria (22 May 2015). "A 425-million-year-old parasite found attached to host". BBC Online. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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