Milnesium antarcticum is a species of Eutardigrades in the family Milnesiidae. This species differs from its cogenerate species mainly by proportions of its claws and buccopharyngeal apparatus.[1]
| Milnesium antarcticum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Apochela |
| Family: | Milnesiidae |
| Genus: | Milnesium |
| Species: | M. antarcticum
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| Binomial name | |
| Milnesium antarcticum Tumanov, 2006
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References
edit- ^ Tumanov, Denis V. (2006). "Five new species of the genus Milnesium (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Milnesiidae)". Zootaxa. 1122 (1): 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1122.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
Further reading
edit- Smykla, Jerzy, et al. "Diversity and distribution of tardigrades in soils of Edmonson Point (Northern Victoria Land, continental Antarctica)." Czech Polar Rep 2 (2012): 61-70.
- Sands, Chester J., et al. "Phylum Tardigrada: an “individual” approach."Cladistics 24.6 (2008): 861-871.
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