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Species of tardigrade From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Faeroestygarctus dezioae is a species of armoured marine tardigrades. It is the only species of Faroestygarctus, a genus of the family Stygarctidae.[1]
Faroestygarctus dezioae | |
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𝐹𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑧𝑖𝑜𝑎𝑒 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Tardigrada |
Class: | Heterotardigrada |
Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
Family: | Stygarctidae |
Genus: | Faroestygarctus Hansen, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2012 |
Species: | F. dezioae |
Binomial name | |
Faroestygarctus dezioae Hansen, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2012 | |
The genus name refers to the type locality: the Faroe Islands. It was described in 2012 by Jesper Guldberg Hansen, Reinhardt Kristensen and Aslak Jørgensen.[2]
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