Cornechiniscus

Cornechiniscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Echiniscoidea
Family: Echiniscidae
Genus: Cornechiniscus
Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981.

Cornechiniscus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae[1] The genus is the eighth oldest in the family Echiniscidae and was named and described by Walter Maucci and Giuseppe Ramazzotti in 1981. Its etymology is from the Latin corn(u) horn and Echiniscus.

Species

According to Degma, Bertolani et Guidetti (2013),[1] this genus includes nine species:

  • Cornechiniscus brachycornutus Maucci, 1987
  • Cornechiniscus ceratophorus (Maucci, 1973)
  • Cornechiniscus cornutus (Richters, 1907)
  • Cornechiniscus holmeni (Petersen, 1951)
  • Cornechiniscus lobatus (Ramazzotti, 1943)
  • Cornechiniscus madagascariensis Maucci, 1993 - Malagasy water bear
  • Cornechiniscus schrammi (Dastych, 1979) - Schramm's water bear
  • Cornechiniscus subcornutus Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981
  • Cornechiniscus tibetanus (Maucci, 1979)

References

  1. 1 2 Degma; Bertolani; Guidetti (15 July 2013). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2013) (PDF). 23. University of Modena. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2013.

Further reading

  • Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981 : Cornechiniscus gen. nov.: nuova posizione sistematica per i cosiddetti 'Pseudchiniscus gruppo cornutus', con descrizione di una nuova specie (Tardigrada, Echiniscidae). Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia Dott Marco de Marchi, vol. 39, p. 147-151.
  • Nomenclator Zoologicus info

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