Taxon Profile: Mopsechiniscus franciscae

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
119087
Authority
Guidetti et al., 2014
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Is endemic within the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Tardigrada
Class
Heterotardigrada
Order
Echiniscoidea
Family
Echiniscidae
Genus
Mopsechiniscus

Profile

Reference Site/Paper in which the taxon name was checked
Guidetti, R., Rebecchi, L., Cesari, M. & McInnes, S. J. Mopsechiniscus franciscae, a new species of a rare genus of Tardigrada from continental Antarctica. Polar Biol 37, 1221-1233, doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1514-x (2014).
Comments
Information from Jasmine Lee.