Milnesium

Milnesium, also known as '''Milnesium Doyère, 1840' named after Louis Michel François Doyère is a genus of tardigrades. Milnesium exhibits tardigrade species with multi-legged, multi-clawed, and segmented morphology. Species of Milnesium are common with the most known, M. tardigradum, being found in a wide variety of habitats across the world. Milnesium'' has a fossil record extending back to the Cretaceous with the oldest species found being known from Turonian stage deposits on the east coast of the United States.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumTardigrada
ClassEutardigrada
OrderApochela
FamilyMilnesiidae

Habitatbrackish, freshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 2,249
With media: 4,265
Family: Milnesiidae
Collections: USNM, UCDC, ALMNH, RWMNH
Recorded in: United States, Ecuador, Norway, Mexico, Antarctica

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Milnesiidae
Image: SEM image of Milnesium tardigradum in active state - journal.pone.0045682.g001-2.png

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Milnesium
topic's main category: Category:Milnesium
Commons category: Milnesium
taxon author citation: Doyère, 1840

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Anatomy
External Morphology
Buccopharyngeal Apparatus
Distribution
Species
References

Milnesium, also known as '''Milnesium Doyère, 1840' named after Louis Michel François Doyère is a genus of tardigrades. Milnesium exhibits tardigrade species with multi-legged, multi-clawed, and segmented morphology. Species of Milnesium are common with the most known, M. tardigradum, being found in a wide variety of habitats across the world. Milnesium has a fossil record extending back to the Cretaceous with the oldest species found being known from Turonian stage deposits on the east coast of the United States.

== Anatomy ==

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