Acutuncus

Acutuncus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Tardigrada
Class:Eutardigrada
Order:Parachaela
Family:Hypsibiidae
Genus:Acutuncus
Pilato & Binda, 1997
Species: A. antarcticus
Binomial name
Acutuncus antarcticus
(Richters, 1904)

Acutuncus is a genus of tardigrades containing a single species, Acutuncus antarcticus.

Distribution

Acutuncus antarcticus lives in Antarctica, and South Georgia Island and the South Sandwich Islands.[1]

  • "Acutuncus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Acutuncus on World Register of Marine Species
  • Data related to Acutuncus at Wikispecies

References

  1. ↑ Dastych, 1991 : Redescription of Hypsibius antarcticus (Richters, 1904), with some notes on Hypsibius arcticus (Murray, 1907)(Tardigrada). Mitteilungen aus den Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, vol. 88, p. 141-159 (texte intégral)


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