Biology:Proclavarctus fragilis

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Short description: Species of tardigrade

Proclavarctus fragilis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Halechiniscidae
Genus: Proclavarctus
Renaud-Mornant, 1983
Species:
P. fragilis
Binomial name
Proclavarctus fragilis
Renaud-Mornant, 1983

Proclavarctus fragilis is a species of tardigrades. It is the only species in the genus Proclavarctus, part of the family Halechiniscidae.[1] The species has been found in deep sea in the Mozambique Channel and the Bay of Biscay.[2]

References

Further reading

  • Renaud-Mornant, 1983 : Tardigrades abyssaux nouveaux de la sous-famille des Euclavarctinae n. subfam. (Arthrotardigrada, Halechiniscidae). [New Deep Sea Tardigrades in the Subfamily Euclavarctinae n. subfam. (Arthrotardigrada, Halechiniscidae)] Bulletin of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A: Zoology, Biology and Animal Ecology, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 201-219


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