{"id":1738,"date":"2019-02-15T06:58:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T06:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=1738"},"modified":"2023-10-01T17:25:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T17:25:38","slug":"protocrena-pachyplatus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=1738","title":{"rendered":"Protocrena pachyplatus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Protocrena pachyplatus<\/h1>\n
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\"\"<\/a>\u201cThick-plated first tooth\u201d<\/div>\n
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Kingdom<\/dt>\n
Microsynthera<\/dd>\n
Phylum<\/dt>\n
Plasticae<\/dd>\n
Class<\/dt>\n
Occlupanida<\/dd>\n
Order<\/dt>\n
Orthogonidectes<\/dd>\n
Family<\/dt>\n
Archignathidae<\/dd>\n
Genus<\/dt>\n
Protocrena<\/dd>\n
Species<\/dt>\n
pachyplatus<\/dd>\n
External morphology<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n

Large with chiseled outer edge. 43 mm x 35 mm. Thick integument tough and pitted.<\/p>\n

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Discovered in 2018 on a busy roadway in Boston by amateur occlupanologist T. McCormack. The discovery of a new Protocrena<\/em> genus, after a long absence of discoveries, inspired curious HORG researchers to travel down into the dusty archives and revisit a collection of large Archignathids, all hastily identified as conspecifics of\u00a0P. gigantis <\/em>in the late ’90s.\u00a0 Since occlupanologists have split taxa for smaller oral groove differentials in the past, it seemed well past time to give this similarly-sized, yet distinctive occlupanid its own species name. The oral groove depth for P. pachyplatus\u00a0<\/em>is measured at 13 mm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Protocrena pachyplatus \u201cThick-plated first tooth\u201d Kingdom Microsynthera Phylum Plasticae Class Occlupanida Order Orthogonidectes Family Archignathidae Genus Protocrena Species pachyplatus External morphology Large with chiseled outer edge. 43 mm x 35 mm. Thick integument tough and pitted. Discovered in 2018 on a busy roadway in Boston by amateur occlupanologist T. McCormack. The discovery of a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1837,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1738","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t