Maxmuelleria lankesteri
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| Maxmuelleria lankesteri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Subclass: | Echiura |
| Order: | Echiuroidea |
| Family: | Bonelliidae |
| Genus: | Maxmuelleria |
| Species: | M. lankesteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Maxmuelleria lankesteri (Herdman, 1897) | |
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Maxmuelleria lankesteri is a species of spoon worm in the family Bonelliidae. It is found in the North Atlantic Ocean. It burrows into soft sediment on the seabed, mostly in deep water.
The female Maxmuelleria lankesteri is broadly cylindrical and grows to a length of about 120 mm (4.7 in), and a width of 30 mm (1.2 in). It has a proboscis which is nearly as long as the body. The proboscis is scoop-shaped with a truncated tip, but does not divide in two parts. There are a pair of large chaetae (bristles) on the under side of the body just posterior to the proboscis and the genital groove is obscure. Both body and proboscis are green. The morphology of the male is not known.[3]