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Batillipes mirus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Heterotardigrada
Order:	Arthrotardigrada
Family:	Batillipedidae
Genus:	Batillipes
Species:	B. mirus
Binomial name
Batillipes mirus Richters, 1909

Batillipes mirus is a species of marine tardigrade that lives on sandy surfaces, including near beaches. It has cosmopolitan distribution. The species is known from both marine and brackish waters.

References

1. Schill, Ralph O. (2019-02-14). Water Bears: The Biology of Tardigrades. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-95702-9.
2. Cooperative Investigation of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions: CICAR.: Bibliography on marine biology. U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center. 1972.
3. Light, Sol Felty (2007). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520239395. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
4. Zawierucha, Krzysztof; Grzelak, Katarzyna; Kotwicki, Lech; Kaczmarek, Łukasz; Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg (2015-09-14). "First observation of the marine tardigrades Batillipes mirus and Batillipes noerrevangi (Arthrotardigrada, Batillipedidae) from a strongly brackish part of the Polish Baltic Sea coast". Marine Biology Research. 11 (8): 859–868. doi:10.1080/17451000.2015.1024133. S2CID 83841067. Retrieved 2023-07-04.

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