Milnesium tardigradum
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| Milnesium tardigradum | |
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| SEM image of Milnesium tardigradum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Apochela |
| Family: | Milnesiidae |
| Genus: | Milnesium |
| Species: | M. tardigradum |
| Binomial name | |
| Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840 | |
Milnesium tardigradum is a species of tardigrade found in the sea around Antarctica.[1] M. tardigradum was described by Doyère in 1840.[2][3]
M. tardigradum has been found to have a high level of radioresistance.[4]
In 2007, individuals of two tardigrade species, Richtersius coronifer and M. tardigradum, were subject to the radiation, near-vacuum and near-absolute zero conditions of outer space as part of the European Space Agency's Biopan-6 experiment. Three specimens of M. tardigradum survived.[5]
References
- ↑ "Smithsonian—Antartctic inevertebrates—Milnesium tardigradum". National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ↑ "WoRMS taxon details—Milnesium tardigradum (Doyère, 1840)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ↑ "ITIS standard report: Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ Horikawa DD, Sakashita T, Katagiri C, Watanabe M, Kikawada T, Nakahara Y, Hamada N, Wada S, Funayama T, Higashi S, Kobayashi Y, Okuda T, Kuwabara M. (2006). "Radiation tolerance in the tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum". International Journal of Radiation Biology 82 (12): 843–8. doi:10.1080/09553000600972956. PMID 17178624.
- ↑ Ledford, Heidi (8 September 2008). "Spacesuits optional for 'water bears'". Nature (Nature Publishing Group). Retrieved 13 August 2012.
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