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Hutchinsoniella macracantha

Hutchinsoniella macracantha

Classification

Hutchinsoniella macracantha is a species of crustacean known as a horseshoe shrimp. It is the only species in the genus Hutchinsoniella and was first described in 1955 by Howard L. Sanders, having been discovered in Long Island Sound; they were the first example of a new class of crustacean that was given the name Cephalocarida.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1