Yoda purpurata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Hemichordata |
| Class: | Enteropneusta |
| Family: | Torquaratoridae |
| Genus: | Yoda |
| Species: | Y. purpurata
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| Yoda purpurata Priede, Osborn, Gebruk, Jones, Shale, Rogacheva & Holland, 2012[1]
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Yoda purpurata is a species of acorn worm in the family Torquaratoridae. It was the first described species of the genus Yoda, found at 2.5 km (about 1.5 miles) below the surface of the Atlantic ocean.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Priede, Imants G.; Osborn, Karen J.; Gebruk, Andrey V.; Jones, Dan; Shale, David; Rogacheva, Antonina; Holland, Nicholas D. (2012). "Observations on torquaratorid acorn worms (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) from the North Atlantic with descriptions of a new genus and three new species". Invertebrate Biology. 131 (3): 244–257. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2012.00266.x. ISSN 1077-8306.
- ^ Osborn, Karen J.; Kuhnz, Linda A.; Priede, Imants G.; Urata, Makoto; Gebruk, Andrey V.; Holland, Nicholas D. (2012-04-22). "Diversification of acorn worms (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) revealed in the deep sea". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279 (1733): 1646–1654. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1916. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 3282343. PMID 22090391.
External links
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