Pseudopenilia bathyalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Branchiopoda |
Order: | Cladocera |
Suborder: | Ctenopoda |
Family: |
Pseudopenilidae Korovchinsky & Sergeeva, 2008 |
Genus: |
Pseudopenilia Sergeeva, 2004 |
Species: | P. bathyalis |
Binomial name | |
Pseudopenilia bathyalis Sergeeva, 2004 |
Pseudopenilia bathyalis is a species of cladoceran, described in 2004, that lives at depths of 1,900–2,140 m (6,230–7,020 ft) in the anoxic zone of the Black Sea. Originally described in the family Sididae, it was transferred to its own family, the Pseudopenilidae, in 2008.