Acutuncus
Acutuncus is a genus of tardigrades containing a single species, Acutuncus antarcticus.
| Acutuncus | |
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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) | |
Distribution
Acutuncus antarcticus lives in Antarctica, and South Georgia Island and the South Sandwich Islands.[1]
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External links
- "Acutuncus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Acutuncus on World Register of Marine Species
References
- 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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