{"id":23028,"date":"2024-05-03T12:30:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23028"},"modified":"2025-04-06T23:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T18:14:07","slug":"batillipes-chandrayaani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/batillipes-chandrayaani\/","title":{"rendered":"Batillipes Chandrayaani"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Batillipes Chandrayaani<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It has been discovered in the intertidal beach sediments at Mandapam in <strong>Tamil Nadu.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is similar in size to other tardigrades, it grows to a length of 0.15 millimetres and 0.04 millimetres in width.<\/li>\n<li>It has a trapezoid-shaped head and four pairs of legs with sharp-tipped sensory spines. Both sexes are similar in terms of morphology and size.<\/li>\n<li>It is also the 39th species described under the genus Batillipes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What are Tardigrades?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>These are microscopic marvels commonly known as \u2018<strong>water bears,\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Marine tardigrades account for 17% of all known tardigrade species. They are also <strong>found in all the oceans.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Despite their tiny physiques, these micro-metazoans easily rank among the hardiest animals, enduring mass extinctions and are highly regarded for their survival skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Phylum?<\/h3>\n<p>A phylum is a taxonomic ranking that consists of organisms that share a unique set of characteristics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/new-tardigrade-species-named-after-chandrayaan-3-mission\/article68131345.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New tardigrade species named after Chandrayaan-3 mission<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batillipes chandrayaani  has been discovered in the intertidal beach sediments at Mandapam in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}