Echiniscoides
| Echiniscoides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Echiniscoidea |
| Family: | Echiniscoididae |
| Genus: | Echiniscoides Plate, 1888 |
Echiniscoides is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscoididae[1] The genus are one of four being the ninth oldest in the family Echiniscidae and was one of four genera named and described by Ludwig Hermann Plate in 1888. Its etymology is from the Greek Echiniscus and -oides.
Species
According to Degma, Bertolani et Guidetti (2016),[1] this genus includes eight species:
- Echiniscoides andamanensis Chang & Rho, 1998
- Echiniscoides bruni D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio, Morone De Lucia & Troccoli, 1992
- Echiniscoides hoepneri Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
- Echiniscoides horningi Miller & Kristensen, 1999
- Echiniscoides pollocki Hallas & Kristensen, 1982
- Echiniscoides sigismundi (Schultze, 1865)
- Echiniscoides travei Bellido & Bertrand, 1981
- Echiniscoides wyethi Perry & Miller, 2015
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Echiniscoides |
- 1 2 Degma; Bertolani; Guidetti (2016-12-15). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2016) (PDF). 31. University of Modena.
Further reading
- Plate (1888), Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Tardigraden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere, vol. 3, p. 487-550
- Nomenclator Zoologicus info
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