Micropacter

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Micropacter
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Remipedia
Order: Nectiopoda
Family: Micropacteridae
Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007 [1]
Genus: Micropacter
Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007 [2]
Species:
M. yagerae
Binomial name
Micropacter yagerae
Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007 [3]

Micropacter is a monospecific genus of remipedes in the family Micropacteridae, of which it is the only member. [2] [1] It was discovered in anchialine caves on the Turks and Caicos Islands. [4]

The type and only species is M. yagerae, named after American zoologist and cave diver Jill Yager, who discovered the first remipede in 1979. [2] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Koenemann S, Hoenemann M, Stemme T, eds. (2026). "Micropacteridae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007". World Remipedia Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Koenemann S, Hoenemann M, Stemme T, eds. (2026). "Micropacter Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007". World Remipedia Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  3. ↑ Koenemann S, Hoenemann M, Stemme T, eds. (2026). "Micropacter yagerae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007". World Remipedia Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  4. 1 2 Koenemann, Stefan; Iliffe, Thomas M.; van der Ham, Joris L. (12 April 2007). "Micropacteridae, a new family of Remipedia (Crustacea) from the Turks and Caicos Islands". Organisms Diversity & Evolution . 7 (1): 52.e1–52.e14. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2006.07.002. ISSN   1439-6092. S2CID   53354471.
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