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Mesenchytraeus harrimani

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Mesenchytraeus harrimani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Order: Tubificida
Family: Enchytraeidae
Genus: Mesenchytraeus
Species:
M. harrimani
Binomial name
Mesenchytraeus harrimani
(Eisen, 1904)

Mesenchytraeus harrimani is an ice worm, named after E. H. Harriman.[1][2] The worm was first discovered by an insect trapper on board Harriman's famous Arctic expedition, and was given the name by the entomologist Trevor Kincaid. The worm can grow to almost 60 millimetres (2.4 in) in length and 2.5 mm (0.098 in) thick. Like other ice worms, it subsists on algae and pollen.

References

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  1. ^ "PBS - Harriman: Sitka". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
  2. ^ Welch, Paul S. (1919). "Further Studies on North American Mesenchytraeids (Oligochaeta)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 38 (3): 175–188. doi:10.2307/3221532. ISSN 0003-0023.