Biology:Paradoxipus

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Short description: Species of tardigrade

Paradoxipus
Paradoxipus orzeliscoides Paratype.tif
Paratype specimen
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Halechiniscidae
Genus: Paradoxipus
Kristensen & Higgins, 1989
Species:
P. orzeliscoides
Binomial name
Paradoxipus orzeliscoides
Kristensen & Higgins, 1989

Paradoxipus orzeliscoides is a species of tardigrade. It is the only species in the genus Paradoxipus, part of the family Halechiniscidae and the subfamily Orzeliscinae.[1] The species has been found in the coastal waters of the southeastern United States , in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean.[2] The genus and the species were named and described by Reinhardt Kristensen and Robert P. Higgins in 1989.

References

Further reading

  • Kristensen & Higgins, 1989: "Marine Tardigrada from the southeastern United States coastal waters. 1. Paradoxipus orzeliscoides n. gen., n. sp. (Arthrotardigrada: Halechiniscidae)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, vol. 108, no. 3, p. 262-282.


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