Echiniscidae

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Echiniscidae
Echiniscus insularis (10.3897-evolsyst.5.59997) Figure 3.jpg
Echiniscus insularis, as it appears under PCM (above) and SEM (below)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Echiniscoidea
Family: Echiniscidae
Thulin, 1928
Genera

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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]

References

  1. ↑ Echiniscidae, World Register of Marine Species
  2. 1 2 Degma, Peter; Guidetti, Roberto (1 July 2024). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2024) (PDF). 43rd Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia . Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Thulin, G. (1928). "Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden". Hereditas (in German). 11 (2/3): 207–266. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1928.tb02488.x .


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