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| SEM image of Milnesium tardigradum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Apochela |
| Family: | Milnesiidae |
| Genus: | Milnesium |
| Species: | M. tardigradum
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| Binomial name | |
| Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840
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Milnesium tardigradum is a cosmopolitan species of tardigrade that can be found in a diverse range of environments.[1] It has also been found in the sea around Antarctica.[2] M. tardigradum was described by Louis Michel François Doyère in 1840.[3][4] It contains unidentified osmolytes that could potentially provide important information in the process of cryptobiosis.[5]
- ^ Beasely, Clark (2007). "Tardigrada of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China". Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Tardigrada (66 Suppl. 1): 49–55.
- ^ "Smithsonian—Antartctic inevertebrates—Milnesium tardigradum". National Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. 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.
- ^ Halberg, Kenneth; Larsen, Kristine Wulff; Jørgensen, Aslak; Ramløv, Hans & Møbjerg, Nadja (5 December 2012). "Inorganic ion composition in Tardigrada: cryptobionts contain a large fraction of unidentified organic solutes" (PDF). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 216 (Pt 7): 1235–1243. doi:10.1242/jeb.075531. PMID 23239888.