Rhabdopleura recondita

Rhabdopleura recondita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Hemichordata
Class:	Pterobranchia
Order:	Rhabdopleurida
Family:	Rhabdopleuridae
Genus:	Rhabdopleura
Species:	R. recondita
Binomial name
	Rhabdopleura recondita; Beli, Cameron and Piraino, 2018

Rhabdopleura recondita is a sessile hemichordate. It is a suspension feeder that secretes tubes on the ocean floor. It is found in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas.^[1]

Distribution[]

Specimens of R. recondita were collected off the coast of Lecce Province in southeastern Italy.^[2]

Bryozoan hosts[]

Beli et al. (2018) found R. recondita living on bryozoan hosts, namely Myriapora truncata, , , and .^[2]

References[]

^ Strano, F., Micaroni, V., Beli, E. et al. On the larva and the zooid of the pterobranch Rhabdopleura recondita Beli, Cameron and Piraino, 2018 (Hemichordata, Graptolithina). Mar Biodiv 49, 1657–1666 (2019). doi:10.1007/s12526-018-0933-2
^ ^a ^b Beli E, Aglieri G, Strano F, Maggioni D, Telford MJ, Piraino S, Cameron CB (2018) The zoogeography of extant rhabdopleurid hemichordates (Pterobranchia: Graptolithina), with a new species from the Mediterranean Sea. Invertebr Syst 32(1):100–110. doi:10.1071/IS17021

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[1] Strano, F., Micaroni, V., Beli, E. et al. On the larva and the zooid of the pterobranch Rhabdopleura recondita Beli, Cameron and Piraino, 2018 (Hemichordata, Graptolithina). Mar Biodiv 49, 1657–1666 (2019). doi:10.1007/s12526-018-0933-2

[Rrecondita-2] Beli E, Aglieri G, Strano F, Maggioni D, Telford MJ, Piraino S, Cameron CB (2018) The zoogeography of extant rhabdopleurid hemichordates (Pterobranchia: Graptolithina), with a new species from the Mediterranean Sea. Invertebr Syst 32(1):100–110. doi:10.1071/IS17021

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