Taxonomy Profile: Megastygarctides gerdae (Hansen and Kristensen 2006)

Megastygarctides gerdae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
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Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Megastygarctides gerdae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Tardigrada
tardigrades |
water bears |
tardígrado |
tardigrades |
Class : Heterotardigrada
heterotardigrades |
Family : Stygarctidae
Subfamily : Megastygarctidinae
Megastygarctides gerdae Direct Children(s):
Megastygarctides gerdae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hansen, Jesper Guldberg, and Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2006-03-01 / 2006-03-01
Article/Chapter Title:
The 'Hyena Female' of Tardigrades and Descriptions of Two New Species of Megastygarctides (Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from Saudi Arabia
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Hydrobiologia, vol. 558, no. 1
Page(s):
81-101
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ISBN/ISSN:
/0018-8158
Notes:
Online edition ISSN is 1573-5117: http://www.springerlink.com/content/1573-5117/ NOTE: Despite being indexed in places as if his name were "Jesper Hansen Guldberg," the first author of this taxon (personal communication, October 2006) states: "My full na
Reference for:
Megastygarctides gerdae
Megastygarctides gerdae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Megastygarctides gerdae: Comments
Comment:
Taxon authorship should be "Hansen and Kristensen" rather than "Guldberg and Kristensen." Despite being indexed in places as if his name were "Jesper Hansen Guldberg," the first author of this taxon (personal communication, October 2006) states: "My full name is Jesper Guldberg Hansen, so Guldberg is my middle name - Hansen is my surname"