Archechiniscus bahamensis
| Archechiniscus bahamensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Archechiniscidae |
| Genus: | Archechiniscus |
| Species: | A. bahamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Archechiniscus bahamensis Bartels, Fontoura & Nelson, 2018
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Archechiniscus bahamensis is a species of marine tardigrade in the family Archechiniscidae known from the Bahamas and Jamaica.[1]
Description
It has large, dark brown eyes and cuticular metameric folds which create clearly demarked cephalic and terminal segments. The cuticle is with fine punctation. The female body is 169 µm long and 69 µm wide. It has stubby, non-telescopic legs.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The species is known from shallow marine sediments of the Bahamas, where it inhabits interstitial spaces between sand grains and forms part of the meiofauna community.[2] It lives in coastal marine environments of the western Atlantic, typical for species of Arthrotardigrada.
References
- ^ "Archechiniscus bahamensis Bartels, Fontoura & Nelson, 2018". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ a b Bartels, Paul; Fontoura, Paulo; Nelson, Diane (May 2018). "Marine tardigrades of the Bahamas with the description of two new species and updated keys to the species of Anisonyches and Archechiniscus". Zootaxa.