Jul 11, 2013
Lasionectes entrichoma
...is a species of remipede that is found in caves around the Middle Caicos and Providenciales Islands in the Caicos Island chain. Like all remipedes L.entrichoma is a stygobite (animal that lives in aquatic caves) and is completely blind. Instead It uses its long antennae and sensory hairs to navigate its environment.
Phylogeny
Animalia-Arthropoda-Crustacea-Remipedia-Nectiopoda-Speleonectidae-Lasionectes-L.entrichoma
Image: ucmp.berkeley.edu