Macrobiotus Explained

Macrobiotus is a genus of tardigrade consisting of about 100 species.^[1]

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Macrobiotus acadianus (Meyer & Domingue, 2011)
• Macrobiotus almadai Fontoura, Pilato & Lisi, 2008
• Macrobiotus alvaroi Pilato & Kaczmarek, 2007
• Macrobiotus anderssoni Richters, 1907
• Macrobiotus andinus Maucci, 1988
• Macrobiotus anemone Meyer, Domingue & Hinton, 2014
• Macrobiotus annewintersae Vecchi & Stec, 2021
• Macrobiotus ariekammensis Węglarska, 1965
• Macrobiotus azzunae Ben Marnissi, Cesari, Rebecchi & Bertolani, 2021
• Macrobiotus basiatus Nelson, Adkins Fletcher, Guidetti, Roszkowska, Grobys & Kaczmarek, 2020
• Macrobiotus biserovi Bertolani, Guidi & Rebecchi, 1996
• Macrobiotus caelestis Coughlan, Michalczyk & Stec, 2019
• Macrobiotus caelicola Kathman, 1990
• Macrobiotus canaricus Stec, Krzywański & Michalczyk, 2018
• Macrobiotus caymanensis Meyer, 2011
• Macrobiotus crenulatus Richters, 1904
• Macrobiotus crustulus Stec, Dudziak & Michalczyk, 2020
• Macrobiotus dariae Pilato & Bertolani, 2004
• Macrobiotus deceptor Meyer, Hinton, Gladney & Klumpp, 2017
• Macrobiotus denticulus Dastych, 2002
• Macrobiotus diversus Biserov, 1990
• Macrobiotus drakensbergi Dastych, 1993
• Macrobiotus dulciporus Roszkowska, Gawlak, Draga & Kaczmarek, 2019
• Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1903
• Macrobiotus engbergi Stec, Tumanov & Kristensen, 2020
• Macrobiotus furcatus Ehrenberg, 1859
• Macrobiotus glebkai Biserov, 1990
• Macrobiotus grandis Richters, 1911
• Macrobiotus halophilus Fontoura, Rubal & Veiga, 2017
• Macrobiotus hannae Nowak & Stec, 2018
• Macrobiotus horningi Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2017
• Macrobiotus hufelandi C.A.S. Schultze, 1834
• Macrobiotus humilis Binda & Pilato, 2001
• Macrobiotus hupingensis Yuan et al., 2022^[2]
• Macrobiotus hyperboreus Biserov, 1990
• Macrobiotus iharosi Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991
• Macrobiotus insularis Pilato, 2006
• Macrobiotus joannae Pilato & Binda, 1983
• Macrobiotus julianae (Meyer, 2012)
• Macrobiotus kamilae Coughlan & Stec, 2019
• Macrobiotus kazmierskii Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009
• Macrobiotus kirghizicus Tumanov, 2005
• Macrobiotus kosmali Kayastha et al., 2023^[3]
• Macrobiotus kristenseni Guidetti, Peluffo, Rocha, Cesari & Moly de Peluffo, 2013
• Macrobiotus kurasi Dastych, 1981
• Macrobiotus lazzaroi Maucci, 1986
• Macrobiotus lissostomus Durante Pasa & Maucci, 1979
• Macrobiotus longipes Mihelčič, 1971
• Macrobiotus macrocalix Bertolani & Rebecchi, 1993
• Macrobiotus maculatus Iharos, 1973
• Macrobiotus madegassus Maucci, 1993
• Macrobiotus mandalaae Pilato, 1974
• Macrobiotus margoae Stec, Vecchi & Bartels, 2021 in Stec et al. 2021
• Macrobiotus marlenae Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2004
• Macrobiotus martini Bartels, Pilato, Lisi & Nelson, 2009
• Macrobiotus modestus Pilato & Lisi, 2009
• Macrobiotus naginae Vecchi et. al, 2022^[4]
• Macrobiotus naskreckii Bąkowski, Roszkowska, Gawlak & Kaczmarek, 2016
• Macrobiotus nebrodensis Pilato, Sabella, D'Urso & Lisi, 2017
• Macrobiotus nelsonae Guidetti, 1998
• Macrobiotus noemiae Roszkowska & Kaczmarek, 2019
• Macrobiotus noongaris Coughlan & Stec, 2019
• Macrobiotus norvegicus Mihelčič, 1971
• Macrobiotus occidentalis occidentalis Murray, 1910
• Macrobiotus occidentalis striatus Dastych, 1974
• Macrobiotus ocotensis Pilato, 2006
• Macrobiotus pallarii Maucci, 1954
• Macrobiotus papei Stec, Kristensen & Michalczyk, 2018
• Macrobiotus patagonicus Maucci, 1988
• Macrobiotus paulinae Stec, Smolak, Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2015
• Macrobiotus persimilis Binda & Pilato, 1972
• Macrobiotus personatus Biserov, 1990
• Macrobiotus pisacensis Kaczmarek, Cytan, Zawierucha, Diduszko & Michalczyk, 2014
• Macrobiotus polonicus Pilato, Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Lisi, 2003
• Macrobiotus polyopus Marcus, 1928
• Macrobiotus polypiformis Roszkowska, Ostrowska, Stec, Janko & Kaczmarek, 2017
• Macrobiotus porifini Kuzdrowska, Mioduchowska, Gawlak, Bartylak, A. Kepel, M. Kepel & Kaczmarek, 2021
• Macrobiotus primitivae de Barros, 1942
• Macrobiotus psephus du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944
• Macrobiotus pseudofurcatus Pilato, 1972
• Macrobiotus pseudopallarii Stec, Vecchi & Michalczyk, 2021 in Stec et al. 2021
• Macrobiotus punctillus Pilato, Binda & Azzaro, 1990
• Macrobiotus ragonesei Binda, Pilato, Moncada & Napolitano, 2001
• Macrobiotus ramoli Dastych, 2005
• Macrobiotus rawsoni Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978
• Macrobiotus recens Cuénot, 1932
• Macrobiotus ripperi Stec, Vecchi & Michalczyk, 2021 in Stec et al. 2021
• Macrobiotus rybaki Stec & Vecchi, 2021 in Vecchi & Stec 2021
• Macrobiotus sandrae Bertolani & Rebecchi, 1993
• Macrobiotus santoroi Pilato & D'Urso, 1976
• Macrobiotus sapiens Binda & Pilato, 1984
• Macrobiotus scoticus Stec, Morek, Gąsiorek, Blagden & Michalczyk, 2017
• Macrobiotus semmelweisi Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2006
• Macrobiotus serratus Bertolani, Guidi & Rebecchi, 1996
• Macrobiotus seychellensis Biserov, 1994
• Macrobiotus shonaicus Stec, Arakawa & Michalczyk, 2018
• Macrobiotus sottilei Pilato, Kiosya, Lisi & Sabella, 2012
• Macrobiotus terminalis Bertolani & Rebecchi, 1993
• Macrobiotus trunovae Biserov, Pilato & Lisi, 2011
• Macrobiotus vladimiri Bertolani, Biserov, Rebecchi & Cesari, 2011
• Macrobiotus wandae Kayastha, Berdi, Miaduchowska, Gawlak, Łukasiewicz, Gołdyn & Kaczmarek, 2020
• Macrobiotus wuyishanensis P. Zhang & X.-Z. Sun, 2014
• Macrobiotus yunshanensis Yang, 2002

References

1. Degma . Peter . Bertolani . Roberto . Guidetti . Roberto . 19 July 2021 . Actual checklist of Tardigrada species . Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia . 40 . 10.25431/11380_1178608 . 21 March 2022.
2. Yuan. Zhimin. Wang. Yan. Liu. Qiuju. Liu. Lijie. Li. Xiaochen. Macrobiotus hupingensis, a New Tardigrade Species in the Macrobiotus pallarii Complex from China. Zoological Studies. 61. 86. 2022.
3. Kayastha. P.. Mioduchowska. M.. Gawlak. M.. Sługocki. Ł.. Araújo. R.. Silva. J. J. Gonçalves. Kaczmarek. Ł.. 1. Integrative description of Macrobiotus kosmali sp. nov. (hufelandi group) from the Island of Madeira (Portugal). The European Zoological Journal. 90. 1. 126–138. 2023. 10.1080/24750263.2022.2163312. free.
4. Vecchi. Matteo. Stec. Daniel. Vuori. Tommi. Ryndov. Serge. Chartrain. Justine. Calhim. Sara. Macrobiotus naginae sp. nov., a New Xerophilous Tardigrade Species from Rokua Sand Dunes (Finland). Zoological Studies. 61. 22. 2022.