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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840, syn. Arcrophanes schlagintweitii Ehrenberg, 1859, Arctiscon tardigradum Schrank, 1803
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 "Checklist of South African Tardigrada. Animal checklist website". South African National Biodiversity Institute. 2010. http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/research-and-modelling/checklists-and-encyclopaedia-of-life/south-african-animal-checklist/.
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