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Multipseudechiniscus
Scientific classification
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.

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

References

1. Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
2. ^ Multipseudechiniscus raneyi (Grigarick, Mihelčič & Schuster, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
3. Miller, Schulte & Johansson, 2012 : Tardigrades of North America: further description of the genus Multipseudechiniscus Schulte & Miller, 2011 (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea: Echiniscidae) from California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 125, no 2, p. 153-164.

Further reading

• Grigarick, Mihelčič & Schuster, 1964 : New Tardigrada from western North America. 1. Pseudechiniscus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 77, p. 5-8

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