Lingula anatina

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Lingula anatina
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Lingula anatina from Stradbroke Island, Australia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Lingulata
Order:
Lingulida
Family:
Lingulidae
Genus:
Lingula
Species:
L. anatina
Binomial name
Lingula anatina
Lamarck, 1801

Lingula anatina is a brachiopod species in the genus Lingula . Like others in its genus, L. anatina is a filter feeder that uses a lophophore to extract food from water. They burrow in the sand of their brackish intertidal habitat. [1]

References

  1. ↑ Temereva, Elena N.; Tsitrin, Eugeni B. (2015-04-22). Hejnol, Andreas (ed.). "Modern Data on the Innervation of the Lophophore in Lingula anatina (Brachiopoda) Support the Monophyly of the Lophophorates". PLOS ONE. 10 (4) e0123040. Public Library of Science (PLoS). Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1023040T. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123040 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   4406759 . PMID   25901745.

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