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Ramazzottius
Sign in to saveRamazzottius is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada, named after the Italian zoologist Giuseppe Ramazzotti.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumTardigrada
- ClassEutardigrada
- OrderParachela
- FamilyRamazzottiidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,462
- With media
- 1,624
- Family
- Ramazzottiidae
- Collections
- UCDC, RWMNH
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hypsibiidae
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- taxon name
- Ramazzottius
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Ramazzottius
- taxon author citation
- Binda & Pilato, 1986
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Ramazzottius is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada, named after the Italian zoologist Giuseppe Ramazzotti.
Ramazzottius varieornatus (see image) is a terrestrial invertebrate that is extroardinarily tolerant of extreme conditions such as irradiation, chemicals, dehydration and high pressure. This tolerance is linked to the presence of the damage suppressor protein (Dsup) that binds to nucleosomes providing tolerance to DNA damage, such as that caused by ionizing radiation or hydroxyl radicals.
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