Milnesium reductum is a species of Eutardigrades discovered by zoologist Denis. V. Tumanov in 2006. This species of Tardigrade is part of the family Milnesiidae. This species differs from its cogenerate species mainly by proportions of its claws and buccopharyngeal apparatus.[1]

Milnesium reductum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Eutardigrada
Order: Apochela
Family: Milnesiidae
Genus: Milnesium
Species:
M. reductum
Binomial name
Milnesium reductum
Tumanov, 2006

References

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  1. ^ Tumanov, Denis V. (2006). "Five new species of the genus Milnesium (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Milnesiidae)". Zootaxa. 1122 (1): 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1122.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.