Batillipes mirus
Batillipes mirus is a species of marine tardigrade that lives on sandy surfaces, including near beaches.[1][2] It has cosmopolitan distribution.[3] The species is known from both marine and brackish waters.[4]
| Batillipes mirus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Batillipedidae |
| Genus: | Batillipes |
| Species: | B. mirus |
| Binomial name | |
| Batillipes mirus Richters, 1909 | |
References
- Schill, Ralph O. (2019-02-14). Water Bears: The Biology of Tardigrades. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-95702-9.
- Cooperative Investigation of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions: CICAR.: Bibliography on marine biology. U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center. 1972.
- Light, Sol Felty (2007). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520239395. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- Zawierucha, Krzysztof; Grzelak, Katarzyna; Kotwicki, Lech; Kaczmarek, Łukasz; Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg (2015-09-14). "First observation of the marine tardigrades Batillipes mirus and Batillipes noerrevangi (Arthrotardigrada, Batillipedidae) from a strongly brackish part of the Polish Baltic Sea coast". Marine Biology Research. 11 (8): 859–868. doi:10.1080/17451000.2015.1024133. S2CID 83841067. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
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