Hypsibius
Hypsibius is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing
The genome of Hypsibius dujardini has been sequenced. Hypsibius dujardini has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cultured indefinitely and cryopreserved. This sequenced strain has been redesignated Hypsibius exemplaris since 2018.Species
The genus includes the following species:Hypsibius allisoni Horning, Schuster and Grigarick, 1978Hypsibius americanus Hypsibius antonovae Hypsibius arcticus Hypsibius biscuitiformis Bartos, 1960Hypsibius calcaratus Bartos, 1935Hypsibius camelopardalis Ramazzotti and Maucci, 1983Hypsibius conifer Mihelcic, 1938Hypsibius convergens Hypsibius dujardini Hypsibius exemplaris Hypsibius fuhrmanni Hypsibius giusepperamazzotti Sudzuki, 1975Hypsibius heardensis Miller, McInnes and Bergstrom, 2005Hypsibius hypostomus Bartos, 1935Hypsibius iharosi Bartos, 1941Hypsibius janetscheki Ramazzotti 1968Hypsibius klebelsbergi Mihelcic 1959Hypsibius macrocalcaratus Beasley, 1988Hypsibius maculatus Iharos, 1969Hypsibius marcelli Pilato, 1990Hypsibius microps Thulin, 1928Hypsibius morikawai Ito, 1995Hypsibius multituberculatus Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2003Hypsibius novaezeelandiae Pilato and Binda, 1997Hypsibius pachyunguis Maucci, 1996Hypsibius pallidus Thulin, 1911Hypsibius pedrottii Bertolani, Manicardi and Gibertoni, 1987Hypsibius pradellii Bertolani and Rebecchi, 1996Hypsibius ragonesei Binda and Pilato, 1985Hypsibius roanensis Nelson and McGlothlin, 1993Hypsibius runae Bartos, 1941Hypsibius scaber Maucci, 1987Hypsibius scabropygus Cuénot, 1929Hypsibius septulatus Pilato, Binda, Napolitano and Moncada, 2004Hypsibius seychellensis Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2006Hypsibius simoizumii Sudzuki, 1964Hypsibius stiliferus Abe, 2004Hypsibius thaleri Dastych, 2004Hypsibius vaskelae Tumanov- ''Hypsibius zetlandicus''