Milnesium
Sign in to saveMilnesium, also known as '''Milnesium Doyère, 1840' named after Louis Michel François Doyère is a genus of tardigrades. Milnesium exhibits tardigrade species with multi-legged, multi-clawed, and segmented morphology. Species of Milnesium are common with the most known, M. tardigradum, being found in a wide variety of habitats across the world. Milnesium'' has a fossil record extending back to the Cretaceous with the oldest species found being known from Turonian stage deposits on the east coast of the United States.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumTardigrada
- ClassEutardigrada
- OrderApochela
- FamilyMilnesiidae
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- SEM image of Milnesium tardigradum in active state - journal.pone.0045682.g001-2.png
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- Doyère, 1840
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- Buccopharyngeal Apparatus
- Distribution
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Milnesium, also known as '''Milnesium Doyère, 1840' named after Louis Michel François Doyère is a genus of tardigrades. Milnesium exhibits tardigrade species with multi-legged, multi-clawed, and segmented morphology. Species of Milnesium are common with the most known, M. tardigradum, being found in a wide variety of habitats across the world. Milnesium has a fossil record extending back to the Cretaceous with the oldest species found being known from Turonian stage deposits on the east coast of the United States.
== Anatomy ==
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