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Species of tardigrade

Paradoxipus
Paratype specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Halechiniscidae
Genus: Paradoxipus
Kristensen & Higgins, 1989
Species: P. orzeliscoides
Binomial name
Paradoxipus orzeliscoides
Kristensen & Higgins, 1989

Paradoxipus orzeliscoides is a species of tardigrade. It is the only species in the genus Paradoxipus, part of the family Halechiniscidae and the subfamily Orzeliscinae. The species has been found in the coastal waters of the southeastern United States, in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. The genus and the species were named and described by Reinhardt Kristensen and Robert P. Higgins in 1989.

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 26 November 2018.
  2. Paradoxipus orzeliscoides, World Register of Marine Species

Further reading

  • Kristensen & Higgins, 1989: "Marine Tardigrada from the southeastern United States coastal waters. 1. Paradoxipus orzeliscoides n. gen., n. sp. (Arthrotardigrada: Halechiniscidae)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, vol. 108, no. 3, p. 262-282.

Data related to Paradoxipus at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Paradoxipus orzeliscoides
Paradoxipus


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