Biology:Bathyechiniscus tetronyx

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Short description: Species of tardigrade

Bathyechiniscus tetronyx
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Styraconyxidae
Genus: Bathyechiniscus
Steiner, 1926
Species:
B. tetronyx
Binomial name
Bathyechiniscus tetronyx
Steiner, 1926

Bathyechiniscus tetronyx is a species of tardigrades. It is the only species of the genus Bathyechiniscus, which belongs to the family Styraconyxidae.[1] The species and genus were named by Gotthold Steiner in 1926, for the presence of four different exposed points or hooks on each claw.[2] The species has been found in the Davis Sea, on the eastern coast of Antarctica.[3]

References

Further reading

  • Steiner, 1926 : Bathyechiniscus tetronyx n. g. n. sp. ein neuer mariner Tardigrade. [Bathyechiniscus tetronyx n. g. n. sp., A New Underwater Tardigrade] German Southern Polar Expedition (Deutsche Sudpolar Expedition), vol. 18, p. 479-481

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