Ramazzottius

Ramazzottius is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada.

Ramazzottius varieornatus (see image) 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 (Dsup) 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, 1993
 * Ramazzottius andreevi
 * Ramazzottius anomalus Ramazzotti, 1962
 * Ramazzottius baumanni Ramazzotti, 1962
 * Ramazzottius bunikowskae
 * Ramazzottius cataphractus Maucci, 1974
 * Ramazzottius caucasicus
 * Ramazzottius edmondabouti Séméria, 1993
 * Ramazzottius horningi Binda and Pilato, 1995
 * Ramazzottius ljudmilae
 * Ramazzottius montivagus Dastych, 1983
 * Ramazzottius novemcinctus Marcus, 1936
 * Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri
 * 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
 *  Bertolani and Kinchin, 1993