Echiniscidae
| Echiniscidae | |
|---|---|
| Echiniscus insularis, as it appears under PCM (above) and SEM (below) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Echiniscoidea |
| Family: | Echiniscidae Thulin, 1928 |
| Genera | |
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The Echiniscidae are a family of tardigrades, a phylum of water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animals. It is one of the four families in the order Echiniscoidea.[1][2] The family was named by Gustav Thulin in 1928.[3]
Genera
The family Echiniscidae consists of the following genera:[2]
- Acanthechiniscus Vecchi, Cesari, Bertolani, Jönsson, Rebecchi & Guidetti, 2016
- Antechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
- Barbaria Michalczyk, Gąsiorek, Morek & Stec, 2019
- Bryochoerus Marcus, 1936
- Bryodelphax Thulin, 1928
- Claxtonia Gąsiorek & Michalczyk, 2019
- Cornechiniscus Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981
- Diploechiniscus Vicente, Fontoura, Cesari, Rebecchi, Guidetti, Serrano & Bertolani, 2013
- Echiniscus Schultze, 1840
- Hypechiniscus Thulin, 1928
- Kristenseniscus Gąsiorek, Morek, Stec & Michalczyk, 2019
- Mopsechiniscus Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944
- Multipseudechiniscus Schulte Miller, 2011
- Nebularmis Gąsiorek & Michalczyk, 2019
- Novechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
- Parechiniscus Cuénot, 1987
- Proechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
- Pseudechiniscus Thulin, 1911
- Testechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
- Viridiscus Gąsiorek & Michalczyk, 2019
- Zealandiscus Kaczmarek & Roszkowska, 2021
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Echiniscidae.
- ^ Echiniscidae, World Register of Marine Species
- ^ a b Degma, Peter; Guidetti, Roberto (1 July 2024). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2024) (PDF). 43rd Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ Thulin, G. (1928). "Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden". Hereditas (in German). 11 (2/3): 207–266. doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1928.tb02488.x.