Pseudopenilia

Pseudopenilia bathyalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Cladocera
Suborder: Ctenopoda
Family: Pseudopenilidae
Korovchinsky & Sergeeva, 2008
Genus: Pseudopenilia
Sergeeva, 2004
Species: P. bathyalis
Binomial name
Pseudopenilia bathyalis
Sergeeva, 2004

Pseudopenilia bathyalis is a species of cladoceran, described in 2004, that lives at depths of 1,900–2,140 m (6,230–7,020 ft) in the anoxic zone of the Black Sea.[1] Originally described in the family Sididae, it was transferred to its own family, the Pseudopenilidae, in 2008.[2]

References

External identifiers for Pseudopenilia bathyalis
Encyclopedia of Life 10700883
WoRMS 396163
Also found in: Wikispecies



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