Xibalbanus

Genus of remipedes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Xibalbanus is a genus of remipedes,[1] which belongs to the monotypic family Xibalbanidae.[2] All species live in anchialine systems in the Yucatán Peninsula except X. cozumelensis, that lives in Cozumel.[3]

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Xibalbanus
Xibalbanus tulumensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Remipedia
Order: Nectiopoda
Family: Xibalbanidae
Genus: Xibalbanus
Hoenemann, Neiber, Schram & Koenemann, 2013
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Etymology

The genus name is composed of "Xibalba", the underworld in ancient Mayan mythology, and the Latin suffix-anus, meaning “originating from.”[1]

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