Pseudopenilia

Pseudopenilia bathyalis is a species of diplostracan, 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.

Pseudopenilia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Ctenopoda
Family: Pseudopenilidae
Korovchinsky & Sergeeva, 2008
Genus: Pseudopenilia
Sergeeva, 2004
Species:
P. bathyalis
Binomial name
Pseudopenilia bathyalis
Sergeeva, 2004
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