Milnesium granulatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apochela
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Tardigrada Classis: Eutardigrada Ordo: Apochela

Familia: Milnesiidae
Genus: Milnesium
Species: Milnesium granulatum

Name

Milnesium granulatum Ramazzotti, 1962 <Amended and elevated to the species level by Michalczyk et al., 2012>

• Type material: MCV.
• Type locality: Coquimbo Region, Bosque de Fray Jorge National Park, Ovalle, ca. 420 km to the North from Santiago de Chile, ca. 30°40'S and 71°40'W, ca. 600 m asl, temperate hygrophilous forest surrounded by steppe, mosses and lichens growing on shrubs.

Synonymy

• Milnesium tardigradum granulatum Ramazzotti, 1962
• Milnesium granulatum: Michalczyk et al., 2012

References

Primary references

• Michalczyk, Ł., Wełnicz, W., Frohme, M. & Kaczmarek, Ł. 2012. Redescriptions of three Milnesium Doyère, 1840 taxa (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae), including the nominal species for the genus. Zootaxa 3154: 1–20. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3154.1.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Degma, P., Bertolani, R. & Guidetti, R., 2009-2016. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species, Ver. 31: 15–12-2016, pp. 46. [1] Reference page. 
• Jackson, K.J.A. & Meyer, H.A. 2019. Morphological and genetic analysis of Milnesium cf. granulatum (Tardigrada: Milnesiidae) from Northeastern North America. Zootaxa 4604(3): 497–510. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Milnesium tardigradum granulatum – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Milnesium tardigradum granulatum Taxon details on Fauna Europaea