Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Tardigrada   >   Class Eutardigrada   >   Order Parachela   >   Family Hypsibiidae   >   Genus Hypsibius   

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"The most widely-distributed hydrophilous species [in the Nearctic realm]... Aquatic tardigrades are benthic and are found in sediments and on aquatic vegetation. Hypsibius dujardini and other widespread species are found in both substrates, and there is thus no evidence of substrate specificity... Hypsibius dujardini has been collected from moist mosses, but is primarily aquatic" (McFatter, 2007).

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A scanning electron micrograph of an adult Water Bear, Hypsibius dujardini. Photographed by Bob Goldstein and Vicky Madden of the UNC Chapel Hill tardigrade lab (9/12/2008). (Creative Commons) Photo by UNC Goldstein Lab. (MBP list)


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