Yoda demiankoopi

Description

General: Transparent body, high dome proboscis and extra-wide lips which can be transparent, light or dark purple; very broad collar, genital wings sometimes visible; highly sinuate intestines. Wholly transparent specimens are found north of Monterey, while animals with purple proboscis and lips were found to the south. Specimens with light purple anteriors were seen throughout the range.

Geographic Information

Ocean range (global): Co-Axial, South Axial, Vance, Juan de Fuca, North Cleft, South Cleft, Gorda Ridge, Guide, Taney, Davidson, and Rodriquez seamounts; Gulf of California.

Published depth range: 1576 - 3287 m

Habitat description: Benthic, hard substrate (sedimented lava).

Additional Information

Consulting taxonomist: Kuhnz L., MBARI; Holland, N., Scripps Insitute of Oceanography; Osborn, K., Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

Taxonomist assessment: 2011

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Holland, N.D., A.S. Hiley, and G.W. Rouse (2022). A new species of deep-sea torquaratorid enteropneust (Hemichordata): A sequential hermaphrodite with exceptionally wide lips. Invertebrate Biology, 141( 3), e12379. https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12379

Osborn, K.J., L.A. Kuhnz, I.G. Priede, M. Urata, A.V. Gebruk, and N.D. Holland (2011). Diversification of acorn worms (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) revealed in the deep sea. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1916