Speleonectes lucayensis is a species of remipede in the genus Speleonectes.[1] It was the first remipede to be described, having been discovered by Jill Yager in the Lucayan Caverns on Grand Bahama while cave diving in 1979.[2]
| Speleonectes lucayensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Remipedia |
| Order: | Nectiopoda |
| Family: | Speleonectidae |
| Genus: | Speleonectes |
| Species: | S. lucayensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Speleonectes lucayensis Yager, 1981 | |
References
edit- ↑ Koenemann S, Hoenemann M, Stemme T, eds. (2026). "Speleonectes lucayensis Yager, 1981". World Remipedia Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ↑ Jill Yager (August 1981). "Remipedia, a new class of Crustacea from a marine cave in the Bahamas". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 1 (3): 328–333. Bibcode:1981JCBio...1..328Y. doi:10.2307/1547965. eISSN 1937-240X. ISSN 0278-0372. JSTOR 1547965. S2CID 201984071.
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