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Bathynellacea
Sign in to saveBathynellacea is an order of crustaceans which live interstitially in groundwater. Some species can tolerate low salt concentrations, and at least one African species is a thermophile, living in hot springs and tolerating temperatures up to . Bathynellaceans are minute, blind, worm-like animals with short, weak legs, reaching a maximum size of . They are found on every continent except Antarctica, although they are missing from some islands, including Fiji, New Caledonia and the Caribbean islands. There are two families, Bathynellidae and Parabathynellidae; a third family, "Leptobathynellidae"
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderBathynellacea
地蝦目（學名Bathynellacea）是一目生活在地下水間隙的甲殼類。一些物種可以忍受低鹽濃度，且最少有一非洲物種是嗜熱的，能夠抵受達55℃。地蝦目是微小及瞎眼的，腳很短及脆弱，最長只有3.4毫米。除了南極洲及一些島嶼（包括斐濟、新喀里多尼亞及加勒比地區）外，在每個大洲都可以見到它們。
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Bathynellacea is an order of crustaceans which live interstitially in groundwater. Some species can tolerate low salt concentrations, and at least one African species is a thermophile, living in hot springs and tolerating temperatures up to . Bathynellaceans are minute, blind, worm-like animals with short, weak legs, reaching a maximum size of . They are found on every continent except Antarctica, although they are missing from some islands, including Fiji, New Caledonia and the Caribbean islands. There are two families, Bathynellidae and Parabathynellidae; a third family, "Leptobathynellidae", is considered a synonym of Parabathynellidae.
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