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It has large, dark brown eyes and cuticular [[metameric]] folds which create clearly demarked [[cephalic]] and terminal segments. The cuticle is with fine punctation. The female body is 169 µm long and 69 µm wide. It has stubby, non-telescopic legs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bartels |first=Paul |last2=Fontoura |first2=Paulo |last3=Nelson |first3=Diane |date=May 2018 |title=Marine tardigrades of the Bahamas with the description of two new species and updated keys to the species of Anisonyches and Archechiniscus |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325148339_Marine_tardigrades_of_the_Bahamas_with_the_description_of_two_new_species_and_updated_keys_to_the_species_of_Anisonyches_and_Archechiniscus |journal=Zootaxa}}</ref> |
It has large, dark brown eyes and cuticular [[metameric]] folds which create clearly demarked [[cephalic]] and terminal segments. The cuticle is with fine punctation. The female body is 169 µm long and 69 µm wide. It has stubby, non-telescopic legs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bartels |first=Paul |last2=Fontoura |first2=Paulo |last3=Nelson |first3=Diane |date=May 2018 |title=Marine tardigrades of the Bahamas with the description of two new species and updated keys to the species of Anisonyches and Archechiniscus |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325148339_Marine_tardigrades_of_the_Bahamas_with_the_description_of_two_new_species_and_updated_keys_to_the_species_of_Anisonyches_and_Archechiniscus |journal=Zootaxa}}</ref> |
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The species is known from shallow marine sediments of the Bahamas, where it inhabits interstitial spaces between sand grains and forms part of the meiofauna community.<ref name=”:0″ /> |
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Latest revision as of 20:56, 4 December 2025
Species of tardigrade
Archechiniscus bahamensis is a species of marine tardigrade in the family Archechiniscidae known from the Bahamas and Jamaica.[1]
It has large, dark brown eyes and cuticular metameric folds which create clearly demarked cephalic and terminal segments. The cuticle is with fine punctation. The female body is 169 µm long and 69 µm wide. It has stubby, non-telescopic legs.[2]
The species is known from shallow marine sediments of the Bahamas, where it inhabits interstitial spaces between sand grains and forms part of the meiofauna community.[2]
