Mopsechiniscus
| Mopsechiniscus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Echiniscoidea |
| Family: | Echiniscidae |
| Genus: | Mopsechiniscus Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944 |
Mopsechiniscus is a genus of water bears which are tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae.[1] Together with Bryodelphax, it is the fourth oldest in the family Echiniscidae, it was named and described by Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus in 1944 and its etymology is Greek.
Species
According to Degma, Bertolani et Guidetti (2014),[1] this genus includes the following species numbering 6:
- Mopsechiniscus franciscae Guidetti, Rebecchi, Cesari & McInnes, 2014
- Mopsechiniscus frenoti Dastych, 1999
- Mopsechiniscus granulosus Mihelčič, 1967
- Mopsechiniscus imberbis (Richters, 1907)
- Mopsechiniscus schusteri Dastych, 1999 - Shuster's water bear
- Mopsechiniscus tasmanicus Dastych & Moscal, 1992 - Tasmanian water bear
References
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- 1 2 Degma; Bertolani; Guidetti (2014-07-10). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2014) (PDF). 26. University of Modena.
Further reading
- du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944 : Sobre tardigrados Brasileiros. (On Brazilian Tardigrades) Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo, vol. 1, p. 1-19.
- Nomenclator Zoologicus info
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