Batillipes

Batillipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Batillipedidae
Ramazzotti, 1969
Genus: Batilipes
Richters, 1909

Batillipes is a genus of tardigrades, the only one in the family Batillipedidae. The genus is the oldest in the family Echiniscidae, it was named described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.

Species

According to Degma, Bertolani et Guidetti (2017),[1] this genus includes the following species:

References

  1. Degma; Bertolani; Guidetti (1 June 2017). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2017) (PDF). 32. University of Modena. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2013.

Publications

  • Richters, Tardigraden-Studien. Bericht der Senckenbergische Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 1909, vol. 40 p. 28-45 (in German)
  • Ramazzotti, Il Phylum Tardigrada. Memorie Istituto di Idrobiologia, 1962, vol. 14, p. 1-395. (in Italian)

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