Proechiniscus hanneae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Echiniscoidea |
| Family: | Echiniscidae |
| Genus: | Proechiniscus Kristensen, 1987 |
| Species: | P. hanneae
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| Proechiniscus hanneae (Petersen, 1951)
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Proechiniscus hanneae is a species of tardigrade. It is the only species of Proechiniscus, a genus within the family Echiniscidae.[1]
The species is endemic to Greenland, where they occur on Disko Island.[2]
The species was first described as Pseudechiniscus hanneae by Børge Petersen in 1951. It was placed in the new genus of Proechinscus by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen in 1987.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ Brandt, Thomsen, Heide-Jorgensen, Kristensen & Ruhberg, 1999 : The 1998 Danish-German Excursion to Disko Island, West Greenland. Berichte zur Polarforschung, Bremerhaven, Bundesrepublik Deutschland : Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polarforschung, no. 330.
- ^ Proechiniscus hanneae (Petersen, 1951). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
Further reading[edit]
- Kristensen, 1987 : Generic revision of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada), with a discussion of the origin of the family. Collana U.Z.I. Selected Symposia and Monographs, no. 1, p. 261-335.
- Petersen (1951), The Tardigrade fauna of Greenland. A faunistic study with some few ecological remarks.;; Meddelelser om Gronland, vol. 150, no. 5, p. 1-94.
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