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]

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References

  1. ↑ Echiniscidae, World Register of Marine Species
  2. 1 2 Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia . Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Thulin, Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden (On the Phylogeny and the System of Tardigrade). Hereditas (1928) vol. 11, no. 2/3, p. 207-266


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