Milnesium antarcticum
| Milnesium antarcticum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Apochela |
| Family: | Milnesiidae |
| Genus: | Milnesium |
| Species: | M. antarcticum |
| Binomial name | |
| Milnesium antarcticum Tumanov, 2006 | |
Milnesium antarcticum is a species of Eutardigrades in the family Milnesiidae. This species differs from its cogenerate species mainly by proportions of its claws and buccopharyngeal apparatus.[1]
References
- ↑ Tumanov, Denis V. "Five new species of the genus Milnesium (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Milnesiidae)." Zootaxa 1122 (2006): 1-23.
Further reading
- Smykla, Jerzy, et al. "Diversity and distribution of tardigrades in soils of Edmonson Point (Northern Victoria Land, continental Antarctica)." Czech Polar Rep 2 (2012): 61-70.
- Sands, Chester J., et al. "Phylum Tardigrada: an “individual” approach."Cladistics 24.6 (2008): 861-871.
- Meyer, Harry A., and Juliana G. Hinton. "Milnesium zsalakoae and M. jacobi, two new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Apochela: Milnesiidae) from the southwestern United States." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 123.2 (2010): 113-120.
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