Echiniscoides Explained

Echiniscoides is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscoididae.^[1] It was named and described by Ludwig Hermann Plate in 1888.

Species

According to Degma, Bertolani et Guidetti (2018),^[1] this genus includes eight species:

• Echiniscoides andamanensis Chang & Rho, 1998
• Echiniscoides bruni D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio, Morone De Lucia & Troccoli, 1992
• Echiniscoides hoepneri Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
• Echiniscoides horningi Miller & Kristensen, 1999
• Echiniscoides pollocki Hallas & Kristensen, 1982
• Echiniscoides sigismundi (Schultze, 1865)
• Echiniscoides travei Bellido & Bertrand, 1981
• Echiniscoides wyethi Perry & Miller, 2015

Further reading

• Plate (1888), Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Tardigraden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere, vol. 3, p. 487-550

Notes and References

1. Degma . Bertolani . Guidetti . 30 June 2018. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) . . 34th Ed.. 23 November 2018 .