These primitive crustaceans, which were discovered in submerged caves only in 1980, have a long trunk made up of many segments, each bearing a pair of biramous swimming appendages. Not much is known of their biology.
References :
Hickman, C.P. and L. S. Roberts. 1994. Animal Diversity . Wm. C. Brown, Dubuque, IA.
Brusca, R. C., and G. J. Brusca. Invertebrates. 1990. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
Pearse, V., J. Pearse, M. Buchsbaum, and R. Buchsbaum. 1987. Living Invertebrates. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Palo Alto, Ca.
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Phil Myers (author), Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
- ectothermic
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animals which must use heat acquired from the environment and behavioral adaptations to regulate body temperature
- bilateral symmetry
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having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.