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Hypsibius americanus  (Packard, 1873)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 155428

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Macrobiotus americanus Packard, 1873
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumTardigrada Doyère, 1840 – tardigrades, water bears, tardigrades, tardígrado  
                ClassEutardigrada Richters, 1926 – eutardigrades  
                   OrderParachela Schuster, Nelson, Grigarick and Christenberry, 1980  
                      SuperfamilyHypsibioidea Pilato, 1969  
                         FamilyHypsibiidae Pilato, 1969  
                            SubfamilyHypsibiinae Pilato, 1969  
                               GenusHypsibius Ehrenberg, 1848 incertae sedis  
                                  SpeciesHypsibius americanus (Packard, 1873)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Hypsibius americanus   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Higgins, Robert P.  
  Publication Date: 1959   
  Article/Chapter Title: Life History of Macrobioticus islandicus Richters With Notes on Other Tardigrades From Colorado   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, vol. 78, no. 2   
  Page(s): 137-154   
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  Reference for: Hypsibius americanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Marcus, E.  
  Publication Date: 1936   
  Article/Chapter Title: Tardigrada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Das Tierreich, 66   
  Page(s): xvii + 340   
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  Reference for: Hypsibius americanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mathews, G. B.  
  Publication Date: 1938   
  Article/Chapter Title: Tardigrada from North America   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Midland Naturalist, vol. 19, no. 3   
  Page(s): 619-627   
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  Reference for: Hypsibius americanus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Listed as a "Spec. Dub." by Marcus (1936), a valid species by Mathews (1938), and as a "Species Incertae sedis" by Higgins (1959). No more recent reference was found, and the current status and placement of this name remains uncertain. Further research is needed to resolve this  
 

 

    

 
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