Milnesium longiungue
| Milnesium longiungue | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Apochela |
| Family: | Milnesiidae |
| Genus: | Milnesium |
| Species: | M. longiungue |
| Binomial name | |
| Milnesium longiungue Tumanov, 2006 | |
Milnesium longiungue is a species of Eutardigrade in the family Milnesiidae. This species differs from its cogenerate species mainly by proportions of its claws and buccopharyngeal apparatus.[1]
References
- ↑ Tumanov, Denis V. "Five new species of the genus Milnesium (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Milnesiidae)." Zootaxa 1122 (2006): 1-23.
Further Reading
- Meyer, Harry A., and Juliana G. Hinton. "Milnesium zsalakoae and M. jacobi, two new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Apochela: Milnesiidae) from the southwestern United States." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 123.2 (2010): 113-120.
- Wallendorf, Mark, and William R. Miller. "Tardigrades of North America: Milnesium alabamae nov. sp.(Eutardigrada: Apochela: Milnesiidae) a new species from Alabama." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science112.4 (2009): 181-186.
- Bartels, Paul J., et al. "The genus Milnesium (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee, USA), with the description of Milnesium bohleberi sp. nov."Zootaxa 3826.2 (2014): 356-368.
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