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Hypersoma cordatus
“Heart-shaped large body”- Kingdom
- Microsynthera
- Phylum
- Plasticae
- Class
- Occlupanida
- Order
- Orthogonidectes
- Family
- Archignathidae
- Genus
- Hypersoma
- Species
- cordatus
- External morphology
Thick lateral spines. Size 43 mm x 29.5 mm
The first new species of Hypersoma since 1997. This large occlupanid, with its heart-shaped oral groove, was discovered and described by C. Huning in 2021. Its host data is at present unreported.