Milnesium berladnicorum

Milnesium berladnicorum
Ventral view of M. berladnicorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Eutardigrada
Order: Apochela
Family: Milnesiidae
Genus: Milnesium
Species: M. berladnicorum
Binomial name
Milnesium berladnicorum
Ciobanu, Zawierucha, Moglan, & Kaczmarek, 2014[1]
Range map for M. berladnicorum. Distribution highlighted in green

Milnesium berladnicorum is a species of Eutardigrade in the family Milnesiidae, native to Bârlad, Romania. Brownish in color, the species grows to a length of 400 micrometers. M. berladnicorum was named after the Berladnici, a tribe from Medieval Moldova.[2]

References

  1. "Milnesium berladnicorum Ciobanu Zawierucha, Moglan & Kaczmarek, 2014". Tardigrada Register. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  2. Ciobanu, Daniel Adrian; Zawierucha, Krzysztof; Moglan, Ioan; Kaczmarek, Łukasz (29 July 2014). "Milnesium berladnicorum sp. n. (Eutardigrada, Apochela, Milnesiidae), a new species of water bear from Romania". ZooKeys. Pensoft (429): 1–11. doi:10.3897/zookeys.429.7755. Retrieved 7 August 2014.


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