Echiniscidae


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. The family was named by Gustav Thulin in 1928.

Genera

The family Echiniscidae consists of the following genera:Acanthechiniscus Antechiniscus Barbaria Bryochoerus Bryodelphax Claxtonia Cornechiniscus Diploechiniscus Vicente, Fontoura, Cesari, Rebecchi, Guidetti, Serrano & Bertolani, 2013Echiniscus Schultze, 1840Hypechiniscus Thulin, 1928Kristenseniscus Mopsechiniscus Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944Multipseudechiniscus Schulte Miller, 2011Nebularmis Novechiniscus Kristensen, 1987Parechiniscus Cuénot, 1987Proechiniscus Kristensen, 1987Pseudechiniscus Thulin, 1911Testechiniscus Kristensen, 1987Viridiscus