Saxipendium Woodwick & Sensenbaugh, 1985
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2408.1.1 |
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Saxipendium Woodwick & Sensenbaugh, 1985 |
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Genus Saxipendium Woodwick & Sensenbaugh, 1985 View in CoL
Type species. Saxipendium coronatum Woodwick & Sensenbaugh, 1985 View in CoL
Diagnosis. Longitudinal proboscis muscles diffuse. Proboscis skeleton coronate (crown-shaped) in cross section, keel absent, cornua long and recurved. Collar canals with pores opening to the outside of body. Dorsolateral genital ridges with gonopores externally visible; testicular antra possibly present.
Remarks. Previously assigned to its own family ( Saxipendiidae ), Saxipendium is here transferred to the Harrimaniidae . Although distinguished from other harrimaniid genera by the above combination of features, it otherwise possesses the general characters of the family.
Woodwick, K. H. & Sensenbaugh, T. (1985) Saxipendium coronatum, new genus, new species (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta): the unusual spaghetti worms of the Galapagos Rift hydrothermal vents. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98, 351 - 365.
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