Hemphillia skadei
Appearance
Hemphillia skadei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Binneyidae |
Genus: | Hemphillia |
Species: | H. skadei
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Binomial name | |
Hemphillia skadei Lucid, Rankin, Espíndola, Chichester, Ehlers, Robinson and Sullivan, 2018
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Hemphillia skadei, or Skade's jumping slug, is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Binneyidae.[1][2][3] The species name is derived from the Norse goddess Skaði, who is associated with winter and mountains, reflecting the cold and mountainous habitat of the new species.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b M.K. Lucid, A. Rankin, A. Espíndola, L. Chichester, S. Ehlers, L. Robinson, and J. Sullivan. 2018. Taxonomy and biogeography of Hemphillia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae) in North American rainforests, with description of a new species (Skade’s jumping-slug, Hemphillia skadei sp. nov.), Canadian Journal of Zoology, http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjz-2017-0260#.WvQPJtMvwlm, retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ The [Spokane, Washington] Spokesman-Review: "Skade’s slug: Newly discovered North Idaho species named for wildlife biologist’s daughter," http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/may/02/skades-slug-new-species-named-for-wildlife-biologi/#/0, retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ Idaho Department of Fish and Game: "Skade's Jumping Slug: Idaho's Newest Wildlife Species," https://idfg.idaho.gov/spp/9695, retrieved May 9, 2018.