''Bergtrollus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
tardigrade
Tardigrades (), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them . In 1776, th ...
s with one
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
, ''Bergtrollus dzimbowski''.
The genus name ''Bergtrollus'' is named after the mythical Scandinavian "
mountain troll" (''berg'' meaning "mountain" in Norwegian, German, etc.). The species name is in honor of Hans-Jochen Dzimbowski, a friend and guide of the discoverer of the species, Hieronymus Dastych.
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References
Apochela
Monotypic tardigrade genera
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