Limmenius porcellus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apochela
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Tardigrada Classis: Eutardigrada Ordo: Apochela

Familia: Milnesiidae
Genus: Limmenius
Species:

Limmenius porcellus Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978

Holotype: MONZ, as 'National Museum of New Zealand - NM Arthropoda 10/26' AT.000008

Type locality: 'South Island, Arthurs Pass National Park, Halpins Creek, 42°58'30''S,171°34'44''E'

Horning, D.S., Jr., Schuster, R.O. & Grigarick, A.A. 1978. Tardigrada of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(2): 185–280. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1978.10428316 . Reference page. [first availability, see p. 249, and figs. 154-156]

Guidetti, R. & Bertolani, R. 2005. Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification. Zootaxa 845: 1–46. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.845.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Schuster, R.O., Nelson, D.R., Grigarick, A.A. & Christenberry, D. 1980. Systematic Criteria of the Eutardigrada. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 99(3): 284–303. JSTOR . Reference page.