Ungella adopertus

“closed little claw”
Kingdom
Microsynthera
Phylum
Plasticae
Class
Occlupanida
Order
Orthogonidectes
Family
Haplognathidae
Genus
Ungella
Species
adopertus
External morphology

Size 21.6 mm x 17.5 mm.

Collection information of this specimen is unknown, but U adopertus was recently sighted in picnic ground in Melbourne, Australia. Unusually for an occlupanid, the markings, “03_26_87” on this specimen seem to indicate the date of March 26, 1987, which according to our records would have been a Thursday. What this particular Thursday meant to the occlupanid is a mystery, but if these markings are accurate it could make it one of the oldest confirmed occlupanids in our archives. Submitted and described by occlupanologist C. Huning. (DWORC).