Biology:List of tardigrades of South Africa

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Short description: List of recorded species of the tardigrade fauna of South Africa

Template:In use --> thumb|right|Milnesium tardigradum The list of tardigrades of South Africa is a list of species that form a part of the phylum Tardigrada of the fauna of South Africa. The list follows the SANBI listing.

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Where common names are given, they are not necessarily the only common names in use for the species.

Class Heterotardigrada

Order Echiniscoidea

Family Echiniscidae

Genus Echiniscus:[1]

  • Echiniscus africanus Murray, 1907
  • Echiniscus arctomys Ehrenberg, 1853
  • Echiniscus crassispinosus Murray, 1907
  • Echiniscus duboisi Richters, 1902
  • Echiniscus longispinosus Murray, 1907
  • Echlniscus perarmatus Murray, 1907
  • Echiuiscus pusae Marcus, 1928

Genus Pseudechiniscus:[1]

  • Pseudechiniscus bispinosus (Murray, 1907)
  • Pseudechiniscus jiroveci Bartos, 1963
  • Pseudechiniscus suillus Ehrenberg, 1853), syn. Echiniscus mutabilis Murray, 1905, Pseudechiniscus suillus suillus (Ehrenberg, 1853)

Class Eutardigrada

Order Parachela

Family Hypsibiidae

Genus Doryphoribius:[1]

  • Doryphoribius flavus (Iharos, 1966), syn. Doryphoribius citrinus, (Maucci, 1972), Hypsibius citrinus Maucci, 1973

Genus Hypsibius:[1]

  • Hypsibius convergens (Urbanowicz, 1925), syn. Macrobiotus convergens Urbanowicz, 1925
  • Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), syn. Hypsibius lacustris (Doyère, 1851), Macrobiotus dujardin Doyère, 1840, Macrobiotus dujardini Doyère, 1840, Macrobiotus samoanus Richters, 1908
  • Hypsibius maculatus (Iharos, 1969)

Genus Isohypsibius:[1]

  • Isohypsibius deconincki Pilato, 1971
  • Isohypsibius nodosus (Murray, 1907), syn. Hypsibius nodosus (Murray, 1907), Macrobiotus nodosus Murray, 1907
  • Isohypsibius sattleri (Richters, 1902), syn. Hypsibius bakonyiensis Iharos, 1964, Hypsibius sattleri (Richters, 1902), Isohypsibius bakonyiensis (Iharos, 1964), Macrobiotus sattleri Richters, 1902

Genus Ramazzottius:[1]

  • Ramazzottius szeptycki (Dastych, 1980), syn. Hypsibius szeptycki Dastych, 1980, Ramazzottius szepticki (Dastych, 1980)
  • Ramazzottius theroni Dastych, 1983

Genus Diphascon:[1]

  • Diphascon scoticum Murray, 1905, syn. Adropion scoticum Murray, 1905, Hypsibius scoticus (Murray, 1905)
  • Diphascon zaniewi Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2004

Genus Paradiphascon:[1]

  • Paradiphascon manningi Dastych, 1992

Genus Astatumen:[1]

  • Astatumen trinacriae (Arcidiacono, 1962), syn. Astatumen ramazzottii (Iharos, 1966), Itaquascon ramazzottii Iharos, 1966, Itaquascon trinacriae Arcidiacono, 1962

Family Calohypsibiidae

Genus Haplomacrobiotus:[1]

  • Haplomacrobiotus seductor Pilato & Beasley, 1987

Family Macrobiotidae

Genus Calcarobiotus:[1]

  • Calcarobiotus filmeri Dastych, 1993
  • Calcarobiotus occultus Dastych, 1993

Genus Macrobiotus:[1]

  • Macrobiotus drakensbergi Dastych, 1993
  • Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1904
  • Macrobiotus furciger Murray, 1906, syn. Macrobiotus furciger Murray, 1907
  • Macrobiotus hufelandi C.A.S. Schultze, 1834, syn. Macrobiotus eminens Ehrenberg, 1895, Macrobiotus hufelandii C.A.S. Schultze, 1834, Macrobiotus interruptus Della Valle, 1914
  • Macrobiotus nuragicus Pilato & Sperlinga, 1975
  • Macrobiotus richtersi Murray, 1911
  • Macrobiotus iharosi Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991
  • Macrobiotus crassidens (Murray, 1907)

Genus Minibiotus:[1]

  • Minibiotus hufelandioides (Murray, 1910), syn. Macrobiotus hufelandioides Murray, 1910
  • Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1888), syn. Macrobiotus intermedius Plate, 1889, Macrobiotus intermedius intermedius]] Plate, 1889

Order Apochela

Family Milnesiidae

Genus Milnesium:[1]

  • Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840, syn. Arcrophanes schlagintweitii Ehrenberg, 1859, Arctiscon tardigradum Schrank, 1803

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