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Exoclavarctus

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Exoclavarctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Halechiniscidae
Genus: Exoclavarctus
Renaud-Mornant, 1983
Species:
E. dineti
Binomial name
Exoclavarctus dineti
Renaud-Mornant, 1983

Exoclavarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. Its only species is Exoclavarctus dineti.[1] The species has been found in the deep sea in the Bay of Biscay.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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 26 November 2018.
  2. ^ Exoclavarctus dineti, World Register of Marine Species

Further reading

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  • Renaud-Mornant, 1983: "Tardigrades abyssaux nouveaux de la sous-famille des Euclavarctinae n. subfam. (Arthrotardigrada, Halechiniscidae)." [New Deep Sea Tardigrades in the Subfamily Euclavarctinae n. subfam. (Arthrotardigrada, Halechiniscidae)]. Bulletin of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A: Zoology, Biology and Animal Ecology, 1983, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 201-219

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