Acorn+Worm+(Harrimania+planktophilus)


 * __Phyla:__** Hemichordata




 * __Class:__** Enteropneusta


 * __Scientific Name:__** //Harrimania planktophilus//

__**Location:**__ Canada and west North America.

__**Size:**__ Common length- 3.5 cm; Maximum length- 6.0 cm.




 * __Habitat:__** Found in small bodies of water.

__**Living Conditions:**__ It just finds little areas of sediment and eats it.


 * __Life Cycle:__** Every egg can have around 70 embryos.


 * __Male and Female Differences:__** Not many differences. Female has eggs and male doesn't.


 * __Facts:__**
 * Instead of using a mouth to eat, it filters everything through its body.
 * This species is said to have evolved from the other chordates because of how it eats.



__**Zookeeper:**__ Paco Rodriguez


 * __Information/ Pictures:__**
 * http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11971814
 * http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/full/202/2/182
 * http://www.sealifebase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=60907
 * http://people.bethel.edu/~johgre/bio114d/images/Lower%20Verts/oAcornWormDia.jpg
 * http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Eichelwurm.jpg
 * http://www.cbu.edu/~aross/companat/acorn-worm-CBU-2.jpg