Bathyechiniscus tetronyx
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Tardigrada |
Class: | Heterotardigrada |
Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
Family: | Styraconyxidae |
Genus: | Bathyechiniscus Steiner, 1926 |
Species: | B. tetronyx
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Bathyechiniscus tetronyx Steiner, 1926
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Bathyechiniscus tetronyx is a species of tardigrades. It is the only species of the genus Bathyechiniscus, which belongs to the family Styraconyxidae.[1] The species and genus were named by Gotthold Steiner in 1926, for the presence of four different exposed points or hooks on each claw.[2] The species has been found in the Davis Sea, on the eastern coast of Antarctica.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ Kristensen, Reinhardt M.; Higgins, Robert P. (1984). "Revision of Styraconyx (Tardigrada: Halechiniscidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species from Disko Bay, West Greenland" (PDF). Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ Bathyechiniscus tetronyx, World Register of Marine Species
Further reading
[edit]- Steiner, 1926 : Bathyechiniscus tetronyx n. g. n. sp. ein neuer mariner Tardigrade. [Bathyechiniscus tetronyx n. g. n. sp., A New Underwater Tardigrade] German Southern Polar Expedition (Deutsche Sudpolar Expedition), vol. 18, p. 479-481
Data related to Bathyechiniscus tetronyx at Wikispecies