Biology:Multipseudechiniscus

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Short description: Species of tardigrade

Multipseudechiniscus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Echiniscoidea
Family: Echiniscidae
Genus: Multipseudechiniscus
Schulte & Miller, 2011
Species:
M. raneyi
Binomial name
Multipseudechiniscus raneyi
(Grigarick, Mihelčič & Schuster, 1964)
Synonyms
  • Pseudechiniscus raneyi Grigarick, Mihelčič & Schuste, 1964

Multipseudechiniscus raneyi is a species of tardigrade. It is the only species of Multipseudechiniscus, a genus within the family Echiniscidae.[1]

The species was first described as Pseudechiniscus raneyi by Albert A. Grigarick, Franc Mihelčič & Robert O. Schuster in 1964.[2] It was placed in the new genus Multipseudechiniscus in 2011.[2] The species occurs in the western United States , in the states of California , Oregon and Montana.[3]

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