Multipseudechiniscus raneyi is a species of tardigrade. It is the only species of Multipseudechiniscus, a genus within the family Echiniscidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Echiniscoidea |
| Family: | Echiniscidae |
| Genus: | Multipseudechiniscus Schulte & Miller, 2011 |
| Species: | M. raneyi
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| Multipseudechiniscus raneyi | |
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The species was first described as Pseudechiniscus raneyi by Albert A. Grigarick, Franc Mihelčič & Robert O. Schuster in 1964.[2] It was placed in the new genus Multipseudechiniscus in 2011.[2] The species occurs in the western United States, in the states of California, Oregon and Montana.[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.
- ^ a b Multipseudechiniscus raneyi (Grigarick, Mihelčič & Schuster, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
- ^ Miller, Schulte & Johansson, 2012 : Tardigrades of North America: further description of the genus Multipseudechiniscus Schulte & Miller, 2011 (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea: Echiniscidae) from California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 125, no 2, p. 153-164.
Further reading
edit- Grigarick, Mihelčič & Schuster, 1964 : New Tardigrada from western North America. 1. Pseudechiniscus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 77, p. 5-8
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