Hypsibius dujardini

Hypsibius dujardini
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Eutardigrada
Order:	Parachela
Family:	Hypsibiidae
Genus:	Hypsibius
Species:	H. dujardini
Binomial name
	Hypsibius dujardini; (Doyère, 1840)
Synonyms
	Macrobiotus dujardini Doyère, 1840;

Hypsibius dujardini sensu lato is a species complex of tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. A member of this complex, Hypsibius exemplaris, is widely used for various research projects pertaining to evolutionary biology and astrobiology.^[1]

H. exemplaris was differentiated from H. dujardini sensu stricto in 2018. Earlier studies refer to this lab species from northwest England as H. dujardini. H. dujardini s.s. is found in France, and has differences in 18S rRNA sequence and morphological details.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Gąsiorek, Piotr; Stec, Daniel; Morek, Witold; Michalczyk, Łukasz (2018). "An integrative redescription of Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for Hypsibioidea (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada)". Zootaxa. 4415 (1): 45–75. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313631.

[GąsiorekStec2018-1] Gąsiorek, Piotr; Stec, Daniel; Morek, Witold; Michalczyk, Łukasz (2018). "An integrative redescription of Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for Hypsibioidea (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada)". Zootaxa. 4415 (1): 45–75. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313631.

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