Xenoturbella japonica
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| X. japonica holotype female | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Xenacoelomorpha |
| Family: | Xenoturbellidae |
| Genus: | Xenoturbella |
| Species: | X. japonica |
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Xenoturbella japonica |
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Xenoturbella japonica is a marine benthic worm-like species that belongs to the genus Xenoturbella. It is found from western Pacific Ocean by a group of Japanese scientists from the University of Tsukuba. It was proposed in 2017 in a study published in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. X. japonica is known for lacking respiratory, circulatory and an excretory system.
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