Ramazzottius
Ramazzottius is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada, named after the Italian zoologist Giuseppe Ramazzotti.
Ramazzottius varieornatus is a terrestrial invertebrate that is extroardinarily tolerant of extreme conditions such as irradiation, chemicals, dehydration and high pressure. This tolerance is linked to the presence of the damage suppressor protein that binds to nucleosomes providing tolerance to DNA damage, such as that caused by ionizing radiation or hydroxyl radicals.
Species
Ramazzottius affinis Bertolani, Guidetti and Rebecchi, 1993Ramazzottius andreevi Ramazzottius anomalus Ramazzotti, 1962Ramazzottius baumanni Ramazzotti, 1962Ramazzottius bunikowskae Ramazzottius cataphractus Maucci, 1974Ramazzottius caucasicus Ramazzottius edmondabouti Séméria, 1993Ramazzottius horningi Binda and Pilato, 1995Ramazzottius ljudmilae Ramazzottius montivagus Dastych, 1983Ramazzottius novemcinctus Marcus, 1936Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri Ramazzottius rupeus Biserov, 1999Ramazzottius saltensis Claps and Rossi, 1984Ramazzottius semisculptus Pilato and Rebecchi, 1992Ramazzottius subanomalus Biserov, 1985Ramazzottius szeptycki Dastych, 1980Ramazzottius theroni Dastych, 1993Ramazzottius thulini Pilato, 1970Ramazzottius tribulosus Bertolani and Rebecchi, 1988Ramazzottius valaamis Bertolani and Kinchin, 1993