Milnesium antarcticum

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]

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

References

  1. Tumanov, Denis V. (2006). "Five new species of the genus Milnesium (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Milnesiidae)". Zootaxa. 1122 (1): 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1122.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.

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.
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