Micropacter
Genus of crustaceans
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Micropacter is a monospecific genus of remipedes in the family Micropacteridae, of which it is the only member.[2][1] It was discovered in anchialine caves on the Turks and Caicos Islands.[4]
| Micropacter | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Remipedia |
| Order: | Nectiopoda |
| Family: | Micropacteridae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007[1] |
| Genus: | Micropacter Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007[2] |
| Species: | M. yagerae |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropacter yagerae Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2007[3] | |
The type and only species is M. yagerae, named after American zoologist and cave diver Jill Yager, who discovered the first remipede in 1979.[2][4]
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