Biology:Trogloarctus trionyches

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Short description: Species of tardigrade

Trogloarctus trionyches
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Coronarctidae
Genus: Trogloarctus
Villora-Moreno, 1996
Species:
T. trionyches
Binomial name
Trogloarctus trionyches
Villora-Moreno, 1996

Trogloarctus trionyches is a species of tardigrade. It is the only species in the genus Trogloarctus, which is part of the family Coronarctidae.[1] The species are found in the Mediterranean Sea.[2] They were first found in 1996 in an underwater cave near La Ciotat in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, southern France.

Etymology

The genus name Trogloarctus is a combination of the Greek words troglodytes ("cave dweller") and arktos ("bear"). The specific name trionyches is also Greek: tria ("three") and onych- ("claw").[2]

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