Ramazzottius
Genus of tardigrades
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Ramazzottius is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada, named after the Italian zoologist Giuseppe Ramazzotti.
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| Light micrographs of Ramazzottius varieornatus in its active state (A) and the cryptobiotic tun state (B)[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Parachela |
| Family: | Hypsibiidae |
| Genus: | Ramazzottius Binda and Pilato, 1987 |
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Ramazzottius varieornatus (see image) is a terrestrial invertebrate that is extroardinarily tolerant of extreme conditions such as irradiation, chemicals, dehydration and high pressure.[2] This tolerance is linked to the presence of the damage suppressor protein (Dsup) that binds to nucleosomes providing tolerance to DNA damage, such as that caused by ionizing radiation or hydroxyl radicals.[2][3]
Species
- Ramazzottius affinis Bertolani, Guidetti and Rebecchi, 1993
- Ramazzottius andreevi Biserov 1998
- Ramazzottius anomalus Ramazzotti, 1962
- Ramazzottius baumanni Ramazzotti, 1962
- Ramazzottius bunikowskae Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Diduszko 2006
- Ramazzottius cataphractus Maucci, 1974
- Ramazzottius caucasicus Biserov 1998
- Ramazzottius edmondabouti Séméria, 1993
- Ramazzottius horningi Binda and Pilato, 1995
- Ramazzottius ljudmilae Biserov 1998
- Ramazzottius montivagus Dastych, 1983
- Ramazzottius novemcinctus Marcus, 1936
- Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri Doyére 1840
- Ramazzottius rupeus Biserov, 1999
- Ramazzottius saltensis Claps and Rossi, 1984
- Ramazzottius semisculptus Pilato and Rebecchi, 1992
- Ramazzottius subanomalus Biserov, 1985
- Ramazzottius szeptycki Dastych, 1980
- Ramazzottius theroni Dastych, 1993
- Ramazzottius thulini Pilato, 1970
- Ramazzottius tribulosus Bertolani and Rebecchi, 1988
- Ramazzottius valaamis Biserov & Tumanov 1993
- Ramazzottius varieornatus Bertolani and Kinchin, 1993
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