Echiniscidae Explained

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342530 Echiniscidae
2. Degma. Peter. Bertolani. Roberto . Guidetti . Roberto. 30 June 2018. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) . . 34th Ed.. 25 November 2018 .
3. 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