Milnesium tardigradum Doyere, 1840
(a tardigrade)

Interactions where Milnesium tardigradum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		feeds on plasmodium			MYXOGASTREA	slime moulds, myxomycetes		On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes., Kylin, H., 1991	/Animalia/Tardigrada/Apochela/Milnesiidae/Milnesium tardigradum/	Milnesium tardigradum	a tardigrade					Fungus / feeder			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/	Myxogastrea	slime moulds, myxomycetes				plasmodium		Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
		feeds on fruitbody (early stage)			MYXOGASTREA	slime moulds, myxomycetes		On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes., Kylin, H., 1991	/Animalia/Tardigrada/Apochela/Milnesiidae/Milnesium tardigradum/	Milnesium tardigradum	a tardigrade					Fungus / feeder			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/	Myxogastrea	slime moulds, myxomycetes				fruitbody (early stage)		Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
		feeds on plasmodium			Clastoderma debaryanum	a slime mould	Echinostelida: Clastodermataceae	On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes., Kylin, H., 1991	/Animalia/Tardigrada/Apochela/Milnesiidae/Milnesium tardigradum/	Milnesium tardigradum	a tardigrade					Fungus / feeder			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Echinostelida/Clastodermataceae/Clastoderma debaryanum/	Clastoderma debaryanum	a slime mould				plasmodium		Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
		feeds on plasmodium			Diderma testaceum	a slime mould	Physarida: Didymiaceae	On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes., Kylin, H., 1991	/Animalia/Tardigrada/Apochela/Milnesiidae/Milnesium tardigradum/	Milnesium tardigradum	a tardigrade					Fungus / feeder			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Didymiaceae/Diderma testaceum/	Diderma testaceum	a slime mould	?			plasmodium		Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
		feeds within fruitbody (early stage)			Diderma testaceum	a slime mould	Physarida: Didymiaceae	On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes., Kylin, H., 1991	/Animalia/Tardigrada/Apochela/Milnesiidae/Milnesium tardigradum/	Milnesium tardigradum	a tardigrade					Fungus / internal feeder			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Didymiaceae/Diderma testaceum/	Diderma testaceum	a slime mould	?			fruitbody (early stage)		Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
		feeds on plasmodium			Trichia botrytis	a slime mould	Trichiida: Trichiaceae	On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes., Kylin, H., 1991	/Animalia/Tardigrada/Apochela/Milnesiidae/Milnesium tardigradum/	Milnesium tardigradum	a tardigrade					Fungus / feeder			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Trichiida/Trichiaceae/Trichia botrytis/	Trichia botrytis	a slime mould				plasmodium		Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
		feeds on fruitbody (early stage)			Trichia botrytis	a slime mould	Trichiida: Trichiaceae	On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes., Kylin, H., 1991	/Animalia/Tardigrada/Apochela/Milnesiidae/Milnesium tardigradum/	Milnesium tardigradum	a tardigrade					Fungus / feeder			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Trichiida/Trichiaceae/Trichia botrytis/	Trichia botrytis	a slime mould				fruitbody (early stage)		Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & Year	Title	Source
Kylin, H., 1991	On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes.	Mycologist Vol 05 (1): 54-55.

Milnesium tardigradum (a tardigrade) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

TARDIGRADA
(waterbears)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Milnesium tardigradum (a tardigrade)
Family	MILNESIIDAE (a family of waterbears)
Order	APOCHELA (an order of waterbears)
Phylum	TARDIGRADA (waterbears)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Milnesium tardigradum (a tardigrade)

Milnesium tardigradum (a tardigrade) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TARDIGRADA
(waterbears)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Kylin, H.	1991	On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes.	Mycologist Vol 05 (1): 54-55.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Milnesium tardigradum (a tardigrade):

TARDIGRADA
(waterbears)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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