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Proechiniscus hanneae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Heterotardigrada
Order:	Echiniscoidea
Family:	Echiniscidae
Genus:	Proechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
Species:	P. hanneae
Binomial name
Proechiniscus hanneae (Petersen, 1951)
Synonyms
Pseudechiniscus hanneae Petersen, 1951

Proechiniscus hanneae is a species of tardigrade. It is the only species of Proechiniscus, a genus within the family Echiniscidae.

The species is endemic to Greenland, where they occur on Disko Island.

The species was first described as Pseudechiniscus hanneae by Børge Petersen in 1951. It was placed in the new genus of Proechinscus by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen in 1987.

References

1. Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
2. Brandt, Thomsen, Heide-Jorgensen, Kristensen & Ruhberg, 1999 : The 1998 Danish-German Excursion to Disko Island, West Greenland. Berichte zur Polarforschung, Bremerhaven, Bundesrepublik Deutschland : Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polarforschung, no. 330.
3. Proechiniscus hanneae (Petersen, 1951). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.

Further reading

• Kristensen, 1987 : Generic revision of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada), with a discussion of the origin of the family. Collana U.Z.I. Selected Symposia and Monographs, no. 1, p. 261-335.
• Petersen (1951), The Tardigrade fauna of Greenland. A faunistic study with some few ecological remarks. Meddelelser om Gronland, vol. 150, no. 5, p. 1-94.

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