Echiniscoidea
Order of tardigrades
Echiniscoidea | |
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Echiniscoides higginisi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Tardigrada |
Class: | Heterotardigrada |
Order: | Echiniscoidea |
Families | |
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Echiniscoidea is an order of tardigrades, a phylum of water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animals.[1][2] It was first described by Richters in 1926.[3]
Families
The order Echiniscoidea consists of the following families:[2]
- Carphaniidae Binda & Kristensen, 1986
- Echiniscidae Thulin, 1928
- Echiniscoididae Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
- Oreellidae Ramazzotti, 1962
References
- ^ Justin Gerlach (2011). Crustacea, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Nemertea, Annelida, Rotifera and Tardigrada of the Seychelles Islands. Siri Scientific Press. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-0-9558636-9-1.
The class Heterotardigrada includes two orders: Arthrotardigrada and Echiniscoidea.
- ^ a b Degma; Bertolani; Guidetti (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ Echiniscoidea, World Register of Marine Species
External links
Media related to Echiniscoidea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Echiniscoidea at Wikispecies
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