Hypechiniscus fengi is a species tardigrade within the family Echiniscidae,[1][2] described in China by Xizhai Sun and Xiaochen Li. It was compared to other members within its genus, H. exarmatus, H. gladiator, and H. papillifer. Differentiations between the species are; H. fengi having a more robust medium dorsal spine and larger spurs on the internal claws when compared to H. exarmatus; H. fengi lacking a dentate collar on the fourth pair of legs when compared to H. gladiator; and H.fengi lacking papillae on all four pairs of legs when compared to H. papillifer.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Echiniscoidea |
| Family: | Echiniscidae |
| Genus: | Hypechiniscus |
| Species: | H. fengi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypechiniscus fengi Sun & Li, 2013
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References
edit- ^ "World list of Tardigrada - Hypechiniscus fengi Sun & Li, 2013". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hypechiniscus Thulin, 1928". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ Sun, Xizhai; Li, Xiaochen (October 2013). "A new species of genus Hypechiniscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from China". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 126 (3): 240–244. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-126.3.240. ISSN 0006-324X.