Multipseudechiniscus
Species of tardigrade From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Multipseudechiniscus raneyi is a species of tardigrade. It is the only species of Multipseudechiniscus, a genus within the family Echiniscidae.[1]
| 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 | |
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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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