Biology:Echiniscidae
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Short description: Family of tardigrades
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| Echiniscus insularis, as it appears under PCM (above) and SEM (below) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Echiniscoidea |
| Family: | Echiniscidae Thulin, 1928 |
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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
- Bryochoerus Marcus, 1936
- Bryodelphax Thulin, 1928
- Cornechiniscus Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981
- Diploechiniscus Vicente, Fontoura, Cesari, Rebecchi, Guidetti, Serrano & Bertolani, 2013
- Echiniscus Schultze, 1840
- Hypechiniscus Thulin, 1928
- Mopsechiniscus Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944
- Multipseudechiniscus Schulte Miller, 2011
- Novechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
- Parechiniscus Cuénot, 1987
- Proechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
- Pseudechiniscus Thulin, 1911
- Testechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
References
- ↑ Echiniscidae, World Register of Marine Species
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018). University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. http://www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it/miscellanea/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada.pdf. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ↑ Thulin, Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden (On the Phylogeny and the System of Tardigrade). Hereditas (1928) vol. 11, no. 2/3, p. 207-266
Wikidata ☰ Q4137445 entry
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