Hypechiniscus Explained

Hypechiniscus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae.^[1] It was named and described by Gustav Thulin in 1928.

Species

The genus includes the following species:^{[1] [2]}

• Hypechiniscus cataractus Gąsiorek, Oczkowski, Bartels, Nelson, Kristensen & Michalczyk, 2021
• Hypechiniscus daedalus Gąsiorek, Oczkowski, Bartels, Nelson, Kristensen & Michalczyk, 2021
• Hypechiniscus exarmatus (Murray, 1907)
• Hypechiniscus fengi Sun & Li, 2013
• Hypechiniscus flavus Gąsiorek, Oczkowski, Bartels, Nelson, Kristensen & Michalczyk, 2021
• Hypechiniscus geminus Gąsiorek, Oczkowski, Bartels, Nelson, Kristensen & Michalczyk, 2021
• Hypechiniscus gladiator (Murray, 1905)
• Hypechiniscus papillifer Robotti, 1972

Further reading

• Thulin, 1928 : Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden. [''On the Phylogeny and the System of Tardigrades''] Hereditas, vol. 11, no 2/3, p. 207-266.
• Nomenclator Zoologicus info

Notes and References

1. Degma. Peter. Bertolani. Roberto . Guidetti . Roberto. 30 June 2018. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) . . 34th Ed.. 25 November 2018 .
2. Gąsiorek, Piotr. Oczkowski, Artur. Blagden, Brian. Kristensen, Reinhardt M.. Bartels, Paul J.. Nelson, Diane R.. Suzuki, Atsushi C.. Michalczyk, Łukasz. New Asian and Nearctic Hypechiniscus species (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) signalize a pseudocryptic horn of plenty. 2021. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192. 3. 794–852. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa110. free.