| Wulguru cuspidata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Xenacoelomorpha |
| Order: | Acoela |
| Family: | Convolutidae |
| Genus: | Wulguru Winsor, 1988 |
| Species: | W. cuspidata
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| Binomial name | |
| Wulguru cuspidata Winsor, 1988
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Wulguru cuspidata is a microscopic acoel species that lives in the sandy beaches of northern Queensland (Australia).[1][2] It is the second species of Australian free-living acoel to be described (the first is Heterochaerus australis).[3] Its generic name Wulguru is derived from Wulgurukaba, an Indigenous Australian people from Queensland, and the specific epithet is derived from cuspis (Latin: point, tip), alluding to the characteristic single pointed tail of this animal.[1][2]
- ^ a b Winsor, L. (1988). "A new acoel (Convolutidae) from the north Queensland coast, Australia". Progress in Zoology. 36: 391–394.
- ^ a b Willan, Richard C.; Hoskins, Megan; Wright, Neil R.; Brown, Graham R. (2015). "A gutless wonder: First record of the remarkable acoel flatworm 'Wulguru cuspidata' in the Northern Territory". Northern Territory Naturalist. 26: 56.
- ^ Haswell, W. A. (1905). "Studies on the Turbellaria". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 49: 425–467.