Limnodrilus sulphurensis
| Limnodrilus sulphurensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Tubificida |
| Family: | Naididae |
| Genus: | Limnodrilus |
| Species: | L. sulphurensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Limnodrilus sulphurensis Fend, Liu & Erséus, 2016
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Limnodrilus sulphurensis is a species of extremophile cave-dwelling worm. Discovered in 2007, this species lives in only two known locations in Sulpher Cave Spring at Steamboat Springs' Howelsen Hill in Colorado, United States.[1]
The worms are about an inch long and are approximately 1 to 1.5mm in diameter.[2]
References
- ^ KUNC Steamboat's unique cave worms officially have a mame: Limnodrilus sulphurensis, June 14, 2016
- ^ Popular Science Scoles, Sarah Cave worms could hold the secrets to a better life, March 29, 2022