Echiniscoidea are an order of tardigrades, a phylum of water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animals. It was first described by Richters in 1926.
Echiniscus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Renaudarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Renaudarctidae. The genus was first described by Reinhardt Kristensen and Robert P. Higgins in 1984, and named after biologist Jeanne Renaud-Mornant.
Renaudarctidae are a family of tardigrades. It was first described in 1984 by Reinhardt Kristensen and Robert P. Higgins, and named after biologist Jeanne Renaud-Mornant.
Parechiniscus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. It was named and described by Lucien Cuénot in 1926.
Bryodelphax is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was first described by Gustav Thulin in 1928.
Hypechiniscus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. It was named and described by Gustav Thulin in 1928.
Mopsechiniscus is a genus of terrestrial tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. It was named and described by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus in 1944.
Cornechiniscus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. It was named and described by Walter Maucci and Giuseppe Ramazzotti in 1981.
Testechiniscus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Reinhardt Kristensen in 1987.
Bryochoerus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae.
Proechiniscus hanneae is a species of tardigrades. It is the only species of Proechiniscus, a genus within the family Echiniscidae.
Novechiniscus armadilloides is a species of terrestrial tardigrades. It is the only species of the genus Novechiniscus, which belongs to the family Echiniscidae. The species is endemic to the United States in the state of Utah.
Parastygarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the family Stygarctidae. It was first described and named by Jeanne Renaud-Debyser in 1965.
Styraconyx is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1942.
Multipseudechiniscus raneyi is a species of tardigrades. It is the only species of Multipseudechiniscus, a genus within the family Echiniscidae.
Wingstrandarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Florarctinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Kristensen in 1984.
Tholoarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Kristensen and Renaud-Mornant in 1983.
Macrobiotidae is a family of tardigrade. As of 2017, it consists of the following genera:
