Reinhardt Kristensen | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 76–77) |
| Known for | Discovery of three new phyla of microscopic animals |
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| Fields | Invertebrate biology |
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Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen (born 1948) is aDanishinvertebratebiologist, noted for the discovery of three newphyla of microscopic animals: theLoricifera in 1983, theCycliophora in 1995, and theMicrognathozoa in 2000. He is also considered one of the world's leading experts ontardigrades. His recent field of work revolves mostly aroundarctic biology.
He is also known for documentingDendrogramma, an invertebrate genus that was later classified asSiphonophorae of the familyRhodaliidae.[1]
Kristensen collected the first members of theLoricifera phylum inRoscoff, France, in 1970, but did not describe it until 1983.[3]
Kristensen andPeter Funch describedSymbion pandora, on the mouth-parts of Norwegianlobsters, in 1995; other species were later found on other types of lobsters.
Kristensen describedLimnognathia maerski, the first (and so far only) known species in the group, in a cold spring onDisko Island in 2000.
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