Tetrakentron synaptae
Species of tardigrade
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Tardigrada |
Class: | Heterotardigrada |
Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
Family: | Styraconyxidae |
Genus: | Tetrakentron Cuénot, 1892 |
Species: | T. synaptae |
Binomial name | |
Tetrakentron synaptae Cuénot, 1892 |
Tetrakentron is a monospecific genus of apparently parasitic[1] tardigrade, within the family Styraconyxidae. The species and genus were named by Lucien Cuénot in 1892. The species has been found only near Roscoff, Brittany, France, in the Atlantic Ocean.[2] It was discovered living on a sea cucumber species Leptosynapta inhaerens.[3]
References
- ^ "The parasitic marine Tardigrade Tetrakentron synaptae [France]". 1975.
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(help) - ^ Tetrakentron synaptae, World Register of Marine Species
- ^ Cuénot, 1892 : Commensaux et parasites des Echinodermes, (deuxième note). Revue biologique du nord de la France, vol. 5, p. 16-19
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