Biology:Tetrakentron synaptae

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Short description: Species of tardigrade

Tetrakentron synaptae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Styraconyxidae
Genus: Tetrakentron
Cuénot, 1892
Species:
T. synaptae
Binomial name
Tetrakentron synaptae
Cuénot, 1892

Tetrakentron is a monospecific genus of apparently parasitic[1] tardigrade, within the family Styraconyxidae. The species and genus were named by Lucien Cuénot in 1892. The species has been found only near Roscoff, Brittany, France, in the Atlantic Ocean.[2] It was discovered living on a sea cucumber species Leptosynapta inhaerens.[3]

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