Tardigrade Hypsibius Dujardini
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This is a highly accurate and detailed tardigrade figure recreating a specimen of the Hypsibius Dujardini species.
More than a thousand species of tardigrades have been discovered and among all of them there is one that stands out: Hypsibius Dujardini, the astronaut tardigrade, who has been sent into space to verify that solar radiation cannot beat these microscopic animals. They are currently the only inhabitants of the moon!
There are many videos, photographs and electron scans of them that have allowed us to recreate every last detail of its intricate little body. They are distinguished from other species by the shape of their claws, which we have managed to reproduce thanks to 3D printing resin. Its measures are 2 x 2.3 x 5 inches.
We have consulted these articles among others:
-Gasiorek P., Stec D., Morek W. and & Michalczyka L.: An integrative redescription of Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for Hypsibioidea (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada). Zootaxa 2018 45:75.
-Gross V., Minich I. and Mayer G. External morphogenesis of the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini as revealed by scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Morphology 2017 1–11.
-Smith and Jockusch: The metameric pattern of Hypsibius dujardini (Eutardigrada) and its relationship to that of other panarthropods. Frontiers in Zoology 2014 11:66.
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Presentamos esta figura que retrata con precisión y detalle un tardígrado de la especie Hypsibius Dujardini.
Se han descubierto más de mil especies de tardígrados y de entre todas ellas hay una que destaca: Hypsibius Dujardini, el tardígrado astronauta, que ha sido enviado al espacio para comprobar que la radiación solar no puede con estos animalitos microscópicos. ¡Actualmente son los únicos habitantes de la luna!
Es el tardígrado mejor documentado, hay de ellos multitud de vídeos, fotografías y escaneos de electrones que nos han permitido recrear hasta el último detalle de su intrincado cuerpecito. Se distinguen de otras especies por la forma de sus garritas, que hemos conseguido reproducir gracias a la impresión de resina 3D. Sus medidas son 5 x 6 x 13 centímetros.
Estos son los artículos en los que nos hemos basado:
-Gasiorek P., Stec D., Morek W. and & Michalczyka L.: An integrative redescription of Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for Hypsibioidea (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada). Zootaxa 2018 45:75.
-Gross V., Minich I. and Mayer G. External morphogenesis of the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini as revealed by scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Morphology 2017 1–11.
-Smith and Jockusch: The metameric pattern of Hypsibius dujardini (Eutardigrada) and its relationship to that of other panarthropods. Frontiers in Zoology 2014 11:66.
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