World list of Tardigrada
WoRMS taxon details
Echiniscidae Thulin, 1928
- Genus Acanthechiniscus Vecchi, Cesari, Bertolani, Jönsson, Rebecchi & Guidetti, 2016
- Genus Antechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
- Genus Barbaria Michalczyk, Gąsiorek, Morek & Stec, 2019
- Genus Bryochoerus Marcus, 1936
- Genus Bryodelphax Thulin, 1928
- Genus Claxtonia Gąsiorek & Michalczyk, 2019
- Genus Cornechiniscus Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981
- Genus Diploechiniscus Vicente, Fontoura, Cesari, Rebecchi, Guidetti, Serrano & Bertolani, 2013
- Genus Echiniscus C.A.S. Schultze, 1840
- Genus Emydium Doyère, 1840
- Genus Hypechiniscus Thulin, 1928
- Genus Kristenseniscus Gąsiorek, Morek, Stec & Michalczyk, 2019
- Genus Mopsechiniscus du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944
- Genus Multipseudechiniscus Schulte & Miller, 2011
- Genus Nebularmis (Mihelčič, 1966)
- Genus Novechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
- Genus Parechiniscus Cuénot, 1926
- Genus Proechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
- Genus Pseudechiniscus Thulin, 1911
- Genus Stellariscus Gąsiorek, Suzuki, Kristensen & Michalczyk, 2018
- Genus Testechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
- Genus Viridiscus Gąsiorek & Michalczyk, 2019
- Genus Zealandiscus (Dastych, 1997)
terrestrial
Not documented
Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Echiniscidae Thulin, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342530 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
additional source
Gąsiorek, P.; Michalczyk, Ł. (2020). Revised <i>Cornechiniscus</i> (Heterotardigrada) and new phylogenetic analyses negate echiniscid subfamilies and tribes. <em>Royal Society Open Science.</em> 7(6): 200581., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200581 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Guil, N.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, R. (2018). An upgraded comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Tardigrada tree of life. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 48(1): 120-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12321 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Guil, N.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, R. (2018). An upgraded comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Tardigrada tree of life. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 48(1): 120-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12321 [details] Available for editors
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