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Lingula anatina Lamarck 1801

Lingula anatina

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Lingula anatina is a brachiopod species in the genus Lingula. Like others in its genus, L. anatina is a filter feeder that uses a lophophore to extract food from water. They burrow in the sand of their brackish intertidal habitat. [1]

References

  1. ^ Temereva, Elena N.; Tsitrin, Eugeni B. (2015-04-22). Hejnol, Andreas (ed.). "Modern Data on the Innervation of the Lophophore in Lingula anatina (Brachiopoda) Support the Monophyly of the Lophophorates". PLOS ONE. Public Library of Science (PLoS). 10 (4): e0123040. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123040. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4406759. PMID 25901745.

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Lingula anatina: Brief Summary

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Lingula anatina is a brachiopod species in the genus Lingula. Like others in its genus, L. anatina is a filter feeder that uses a lophophore to extract food from water. They burrow in the sand of their brackish intertidal habitat.

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