Biology:Parechiniscus

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Short description: Genus of tardigrades

Parechiniscus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Echiniscoidea
Family: Echiniscidae
Genus: Parechiniscus
Cuénot, 1926

Parechiniscus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae.[1] It was named and described by Lucien Cuénot in 1926.

Species

The genus includes the following species:[1]

  • Parechiniscus chitonides Cuénot, 1926
  • Parechiniscus unispinosus da Cunha, 1947

References

Further reading

  • Cuénot, 1926 : Description d'un tardigrade nouveau de la faune française. (Description of a New Tardigrate in French Fauna) Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie des sciences, vol. 182, p. 744-745.
  • Nomenclator Zoologicus info

Wikidata ☰ Q4124487 entry