Amyris hummelincki is a species of flatworm belonging to the family Faubelidae.[1] It is found in the Lesser Antilles.

Amyris hummelincki
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Polycladida
Family: Faubelidae
Genus: Amyris
Species:
A. hummelincki
Binomial name
Amyris hummelincki
Marcus & Marcus, 1968

Description

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Amyris hummelincki is around 7.5–10 mm in length and roughly 1.5 mm in width. It is colorless when preserved. The eyes form elongate clusters of up to 20 eyes each.[2]

Etymology

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Amyris hummelincki was named in honor of its collector, Pieter Wagenaar Hummelinck, a Dutch zoologist and botanist.[2]

Distribution

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Amyris hummelincki is known from specimens found in the Lesser Antilles, specifically on Curaçao and Bonaire (in Kralendijk).[2]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amyris hummelincki Marcus & Marcus, 1968". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  2. ^ a b c du Bois-Reymond Marcus, Eveline; Marcus, Ernst (1968). "Polycladida from Curaçao and faunistically related regions". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 26 (1): 1–133. ISSN 0166-5189.