Echiniscoides is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscoididae.[1] It was named and described by Ludwig Hermann Plate in 1888.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Echiniscoidea |
| Family: | Echiniscoididae |
| Genus: | Echiniscoides Plate, 1888 |
Species
editAccording to Degma, Bertolani et Guidetti (2018),[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
edit- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Plate (1888), Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Tardigraden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere, vol. 3, p. 487-550
Data related to Echiniscoides at Wikispecies
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