Pseudobiotus

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Pseudobiotus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Eutardigrada
Order: Parachaela
Family: Hypsibiidae
Genus: Pseudobiotus
Nelson, 1980
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Pseudobiotus is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada.

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References

  1. Pilato, Giovanni; Oscar Lisi & Maria Grazia Binda (2010). "Tardigrades of Israel with description of four new species" (PDF). Zootaxa . 2665: 1–28. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2665.1.1.