The Echiniscoididae are a family of tardigrades, water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animals. It is one of the four families in the Echiniscoidea order.[1][2]
| Echiniscoididae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Echiniscoidea |
| Family: | Echiniscoididae Kristensen & Hallas |
| Subfamilies and genera | |
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The family of Echiniscoididae consists of the following subfamilies and genera:[2]
- Echiniscoidinae Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
- Anisonyches Pollock, 1975
- Echiniscoides Plate, 1888
- Isoechiniscoidinae Møbjerg, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2016
- Isoechiniscoides Møbjerg, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2016
References
edit- ^ Echiniscoididae, World Register of Marine Species
- ^ 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.
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