Echiniscidae
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Tardigrada |
| Class | Heterotardigrada |
| Order | Echiniscoidea |
| Family | Echiniscidae |
| Published in | Thulin, & Gustav. (1928). Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden. Hereditas, Vol. 11. |
| Habitat | FRESHWATER, MARINE, TERRESTRIAL |
| Genera | 23 |
| Species records held | 306 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 479 |
| GBIF key | 3118 |
Genera in Echiniscidae
- Echiniscus — 132 species: Echiniscus africanus, Echiniscus angolensis, Echiniscus aonikenk, Echiniscus apuanus, Echiniscus arcangelii, Echiniscus arctomys, Echiniscus arthuri, Echiniscus attenboroughi
- Pseudechiniscus — 50 species: Pseudechiniscus alberti, Pseudechiniscus angelusalas, Pseudechiniscus aquatilis, Pseudechiniscus asper, Pseudechiniscus bartkei, Pseudechiniscus beasleyi, Pseudechiniscus bidenticulatus, Pseudechiniscus bispinosus
- Bryodelphax — 31 species: Bryodelphax aaseae, Bryodelphax alzirae, Bryodelphax amphoterus, Bryodelphax arenosus, Bryodelphax asiaticus, Bryodelphax atlantis, Bryodelphax australasiaticus, Bryodelphax beniowskii
- Claxtonia — 16 species: Claxtonia aliquantilla, Claxtonia barbarae, Claxtonia capillata, Claxtonia corrugicaudata, Claxtonia goni, Claxtonia malpighii, Claxtonia marginopora, Claxtonia mauccii
- Barbaria — 12 species: Barbaria bigranulata, Barbaria charrua, Barbaria danieli, Barbaria ganczareki, Barbaria hannae, Barbaria jenningsi, Barbaria madonnae, Barbaria ollantaytamboensis
- Cornechiniscus — 11 species: Cornechiniscus brachycornutus, Cornechiniscus ceratophorus, Cornechiniscus cornutus, Cornechiniscus holmeni, Cornechiniscus imperfectus, Cornechiniscus lobatus, Cornechiniscus madagascariensis, Cornechiniscus mystacinus
- Hypechiniscus — 10 species: Hypechiniscus africanus, Hypechiniscus cataractus, Hypechiniscus crassus, Hypechiniscus daedalus, Hypechiniscus exarmatus, Hypechiniscus fengi, Hypechiniscus flavus, Hypechiniscus geminus
- Antechiniscus — 7 species: Antechiniscus conversus, Antechiniscus jermani, Antechiniscus lateromamillatus, Antechiniscus moscali, Antechiniscus parvisentus, Antechiniscus perplexus, Antechiniscus pulcher
- Mopsechiniscus — 6 species: Mopsechiniscus franciscae, Mopsechiniscus frenoti, Mopsechiniscus granulosus, Mopsechiniscus imberbis, Mopsechiniscus schusteri, Mopsechiniscus tasmanicus
- Viridiscus — 6 species: Viridiscus clavispinosus, Viridiscus perviridis, Viridiscus rufoviridis, Viridiscus viridianus, Viridiscus viridis, Viridiscus viridissimus
- Acanthechiniscus — 5 species: Acanthechiniscus distinctus, Acanthechiniscus goedeni, Acanthechiniscus islandicus, Acanthechiniscus sinensis, Acanthechiniscus victor
- Kristenseniscus — 4 species: Kristenseniscus kofordi, Kristenseniscus limai, Kristenseniscus tessellatus, Kristenseniscus walteri
- Testechiniscus — 4 species: Testechiniscus laterculus, Testechiniscus macronyx, Testechiniscus meridionalis, Testechiniscus spitsbergensis
- Stellariscus — 3 species: Stellariscus elegans, Stellariscus latifasciatus, Stellariscus pseudelegans
- Bryochoerus — 2 species: Bryochoerus intermedius, Bryochoerus liupanensis
- Diploechiniscus — 1 species: Diploechiniscus oihonnae
- Echinsicus — 1 species: Echinsicus trisetosus
- Multipseudechiniscus — 1 species: Multipseudechiniscus raneyi
- Novechiniscus — 1 species: Novechiniscus armadilloides
- Parechiniscus — 1 species: Parechiniscus chitonides
- Proechiniscus — 1 species: Proechiniscus hanneae
- Zealandiscus — 1 species: Zealandiscus palmai
- Nebularmis
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.