Xenoturbella japonica
| Xenoturbella japonica | |
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| X. japonica holotype female. The white arrowhead indicates the ring furrow. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Xenacoelomorpha |
| Family: | Xenoturbellidae |
| Genus: | Xenoturbella |
| Species: | X. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenoturbella japonica Nakano, Miyazawa, Maeno, Shiroishi, Kakui, Koyanagi, Kanda, Satoh, Omori & Kohtsuka, 2018
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Xenoturbella japonica is a marine benthic worm-like species that belongs to the family Xenoturbellidae. It was discovered in the western Pacific Ocean by a group of Japanese scientists from the University of Tsukuba. The species was described in 2017 in a study published in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology and amended in 2018.
Xenoturbella japonica is known for lacking respiratory, circulatory, and excretory systems.