Gollumjapyx
| Gollumjapyx | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Order: | Diplura |
| Family: | Japygidae |
| Genus: | Sendra & Ortuño, 2006 |
| Species: | G. smeagol |
| Binomial name | |
| Gollumjapyx smeagol Sendra & Ortuño, 2006 | |
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| Castellón province | |
Gollumjapyx smeagol is a species of dipluran, named after Gollum, a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.[1] It is the only species in the genus Gollumjapyx. It was first discovered in caves in the Spanish province of Castellón.[2]
References
- ^ A. Sendra; V. Ortuno; A. Moreno; S. Montagud; S. Teruel (2006). "Gollumjapyx smeagol gen. n., an enigmatic hypogean japygid (Diplura: Japygidae) from the eastern Iberian Peninsula" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1372: 35–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1372.1.4.
- ^ "New insect named after Tolkien character". Think Spain. January 9, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2010.