Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Tardigrada
Classis: Heterotardigrada
Ordo: Echiniscoidea
Familia: Echiniscidae
Genera (15): Acanthechiniscus – Antechiniscus – Barbaria – Bryochoerus – Bryodelphax – Claxtonia – Cornechiniscus – Diploechiniscus – Echiniscus – Hypechiniscus – Kristenseniscus – Mopsechiniscus – Multipseudechiniscus – Nebularmis – Novechiniscus – Parechiniscus – Proechiniscus – Pseudechiniscus – Stellariscus – Testechiniscus – Viridiscus – Zealandiscus – ?Gutterpseudechiniscus
Name
Echiniscidae Thulin, 1928
References
other references
Kristensen, R.M. and Bertolani, R. (eds.), 1987. Generic revision of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada), with a discussion of the origin of the family. Biology of Tardigrades: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on the Tardigrada, Modena, September 3–5, 1985: 261–335.
Degma, P., Bertolani, R. & Guidetti, R., 2009-2016. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species, Ver. 31: 15–12-2016, pp. 46. [1]
Links
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Echiniscidae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Echiniscidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Echiniscidae Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
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
Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. 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
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