Biology:Opydorscus
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Short description: Species of tardigrade
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Halechiniscidae |
| Genus: | Opydorscus Renaud-Mornant, 1989 |
| Species: | O. fonsecae
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| Binomial name | |
| Opydorscus fonsecae Renaud-Mornant, 1989
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Opydorscus fonsecae is a species of tardigrades. It is the only species in the genus Opydorscus, part of the family Halechiniscidae and the subfamily Orzeliscinae.[1] The species has been found on the Brazilian coast of the South Atlantic Ocean.[2] The genus and the species were named by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1983.
References
- ↑ Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018). University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. http://www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it/miscellanea/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada.pdf. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ Opydorscus fonsecae, World Register of Marine Species
Further reading
- Renaud-Mornant, 1989: "Opydorscus, un nouveau genre d'Orzeliscinae et sa signification phylogénique (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada)". [Opydorscos: A New Genus of Orzeliscinae and its Phylogenic Signification] Bulletin of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A: Zoology, Biology and Animal Ecology, vol. 11, no. 4, p. 763-771
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