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Echiniscus  C. A. S. Schultze, 1840
Taxonomic Serial No.: 155306

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumTardigrada Doyère, 1840 – tardigrades, water bears, tardigrades, tardígrado  
                ClassHeterotardigrada Marcus, 1927 – heterotardigrades  
                   OrderEchiniscoidea Richters, 1926  
                      FamilyEchiniscidae Thulin, 1928  
                         GenusEchiniscus C. A. S. Schultze, 1840  
    Direct Children:  
                            Species Echiniscus africanus Murray, 1907  
                            Species Echiniscus angolensis da Cunha and do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1964  
                            Species Echiniscus aonikenk Gasiorek, Bochnak, Voncina and Michalczyk, 2021  
                            Species Echiniscus apuanus M. Bertolani, 1946  
                            Species Echiniscus arcangelii Maucci, 1974  
                            Species Echiniscus arctomys Ehrenberg, 1853  
                            Species Echiniscus arthuri Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2005  
                            Species Echiniscus attenboroughi Gasiorek, Voncina, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus azoricus Fontoura, Pilato and Lisi, 2008  
                            Species Echiniscus baius Marcus, 1928  
                            Species Echiniscus baloghi Iharos, 1973  
                            Species Echiniscus batramiae Iharos, 1936  
                            Species Echiniscus becki Schuster and Grigarick, 1966  
                            Species Echiniscus belloporus Gasiorek and Kristensen, 2018  
                            Species Echiniscus bisculptus Maucci, 1983  
                            Species Echiniscus blumi Richters, 1903  
                            Species Echiniscus calcaratus Richters, 1908  
                            Species Echiniscus calvus Marcus, 1931  
                            Species Echiniscus canadensis Murray, 1910  
                            Species Echiniscus canedoi da Cunha and do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1962  
                            Species Echiniscus capensis Gasiorek, Voncina, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus carusoi Pilato, 1972  
                            Species Echiniscus cavagnaroi Schuster and Grigarick, 1966  
                            Species Echiniscus cervicornis Murray, 1906  
                            Species Echiniscus cheonyoungi Moon and Kim, 1994  
                            Species Echiniscus clevelandi Beasley, 1999  
                            Species Echiniscus columinis Murray, 1911  
                            Species Echiniscus crassispinosus Murray, 1907  
                            Species Echiniscus curiosus Claxton, 1996  
                            Species Echiniscus darienae W. Miller, Horning and Dastych, 1995  
                            Species Echiniscus dentatus Voncina, Gasiorek, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus dikenli Maucci, 1973  
                            Species Echiniscus diploglyptus Durante Pasa and Maucci, 1975  
                            Species Echiniscus divergens Marcus, 1936  
                            Species Echiniscus draconis Voncina, Gasiorek, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus dreyfusi De Barros, 1942  
                            Species Echiniscus duboisi Richters, 1902  
                            Species Echiniscus egnatiae Durante Pasa and Maucci, 1979  
                            Species Echiniscus ehrenbergi Dastych and Kristensen, 1995  
                            Species Echiniscus elaeinae Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2005  
                            Species Echiniscus evelinae De Barros, 1942  
                            Species Echiniscus gracilis Gasiorek, Voncina, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus granulatus (Doyère, 1840)  
                            Species Echiniscus heterospinosus Maucci, 1954  
                            Species Echiniscus hexacanthus Maucci, 1973  
                            Species Echiniscus hoonsooi Moon and Kim, 1990  
                            Species Echiniscus imitans Gasiorek, Voncina, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus inocelatus Mihelcic, 1938  
                            Species Echiniscus insuetus Mihelcic, 1967  
                            Species Echiniscus insularis Gasiorek, Voncina and Kiosya in Kiosya et al., 2021  
                            Species Echiniscus intricatus Gasiorek, Voncina, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus irroratus Gasiorek, Voncina, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus jagodici Mihelcic, 1951  
                            Species Echiniscus jamesi Claxton, 1996  
                            Species Echiniscus kerguelensis Richters, 1904  
                            Species Echiniscus knowltoni Schuster and Grigarick, 1971  
                            Species Echiniscus kosickii Kaczmarek and Michalczyk, 2010  
                            Species Echiniscus lapponicus Thulin, 1911  
                            Species Echiniscus laterosetosus Ito, 1993  
                            Species Echiniscus laterospinosus Rudescu, 1964  
                            Species Echiniscus latruncularis Gasiorek, Voncina, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus lentiferus Claxton and Dastych, 2017  
                            Species Echiniscus lichenorum Maucci, 1983  
                            Species Echiniscus lineatus Pilato, Fontoura, Lisi and Beasley, 2008  
                            Species Echiniscus longispinosus Murray, 1907  
                            Species Echiniscus loxophthalmus Richters, 1911  
                            Species Echiniscus manuelae da Cunha and do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1962  
                            Species Echiniscus marcusi Pilato, Claxton and Binda, 1989  
                            Species Echiniscus marginatus Binda and Pilato, 1995  
                            Species Echiniscus marleyi X. Li, 2007  
                            Species Echiniscus masculinus Gasiorek, Voncina and Michalczyk, 2020  
                            Species Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904  
                            Species Echiniscus migiurtinus Franceschi, 1957  
                            Species Echiniscus militaris Murray, 1911  
                            Species Echiniscus mongoliensis Iharos, 1973  
                            Species Echiniscus montanus Iharos, 1982  
                            Species Echiniscus murrayi Iharos, 1969  
                            Species Echiniscus nelsonae X. Li, L. Wang and Yu, 2007  
                            Species Echiniscus nepalensis Dastych, 1975  
                            Species Echiniscus oreas Gasiorek, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus ornamentatus Gasiorek and Kristensen, 2018  
                            Species Echiniscus osellai Maucci, 1975  
                            Species Echiniscus pajstunensis Bartos, 1941  
                            Species Echiniscus pellucidus Gasiorek, Bochnak, Voncina and Michalczyk, 2021  
                            Species Echiniscus perarmatus Murray, 1907  
                            Species Echiniscus polygonalis Ito, 1993  
                            Species Echiniscus pooensis Rodriguez-Roda, 1948  
                            Species Echiniscus porabrus Horning, Schuster and Grigarick, 1978  
                            Species Echiniscus postojnensis Mihelcic, 1967  
                            Species Echiniscus punctus McInnes, 1995  
                            Species Echiniscus pusae Marcus, 1928  
                            Species Echiniscus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902  
                            Species Echiniscus rackae Dastych, 1986  
                            Species Echiniscus regularis Gasiorek, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus reymondi Marcus, 1928  
                            Species Echiniscus robertsi Schuster and Grigarick, 1965  
                            Species Echiniscus rodnae Claxton, 1996  
                            Species Echiniscus rugospinosus Marcus, 1928  
                            Species Echiniscus scabrocirrosus Gasiorek, Voncina, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontoura, 1982  
                            Species Echiniscus semifoveolatus Ito, 1993  
                            Species Echiniscus setaceus Gasiorek, Voncina, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus shaanxiensis X. Li, L. Wang and Yu, 2007  
                            Species Echiniscus siegristi Heinis, 1911  
                            Species Echiniscus similaris Gasiorek, Voncina, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus siticulosus Gasiorek and Michalczyk, 2020  
                            Species Echiniscus speciosus Mihelcic, 1967  
                            Species Echiniscus spiculifer Schaudinn, 1901  
                            Species Echiniscus spiniger Richters, 1904  
                            Species Echiniscus spinulosus (Doyère, 1840)  
                            Species Echiniscus succineus Gasiorek and Voncina, 2019  
                            Species Echiniscus sylvanus Murray, 1910  
                            Species Echiniscus taibaiensis L. Wang and X. Li, 2005  
                            Species Echiniscus tamus Mehlen, 1969  
                            Species Echiniscus tantalus Gasiorek, Bochnak, Voncina and Kristensen in Bochnak et al., 2020  
                            Species Echiniscus tenuis Marcus, 1928  
                            Species Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840)  
                            Species Echiniscus tetraspinosus Gasiorek, Voncina, Morek and Michalczyk in Gasiorek et al., 2022  
                            Species Echiniscus trisetosus Cuénot, 1932  
                            Species Echiniscus tristis Gasiorek and Kristensen, 2018  
                            Species Echiniscus trojanus Maucci, 1973  
                            Species Echiniscus tropicalis Binda and Pilato, 1995  
                            Species Echiniscus tympanista Murray, 1911  
                            Species Echiniscus velaminis Murray, 1910  
                            Species Echiniscus virginicus Riggin, 1962  
                            Species Echiniscus weisseri Maucci, 1978  
                            Species Echiniscus zetotrymus Horning, Schuster and Grigarick, 1978  
       

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  Source: Actual checklist of Tardigrada species v41, pdf (version 41th Ed.)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Degma, Peter, and Roberto Guidetti. 16-05-2022. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2022, 41th Edition: 16-05-2022). Available from https://hdl.handle.net/11380/1178608   
  Reference for: Echiniscus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Echiniscus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Guidetti, Roberto, and Roberto Bertolani  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 845   
  Page(s): 1-46   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Online edition ISSN is 1175-5334: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/   
  Reference for: Echiniscus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg / Bertolani, Roberto, ed.  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Generic revision of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada), with a discussion of the origin of the family   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology of Tardigrades: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on the Tardigrada, Modena, September 3-5, 1985   
  Page(s): 261-335   
  Publisher: MUCCHI   
  Publication Place: Modena, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 88-7000-108-3   
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  Reference for: Echiniscus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ramazzotti, G., and W. Maucci  
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title: Il Philum Tardigrada: III edizione riveduta e aggiornata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia Dott. Marco de Marchi, vol. 41   
  Page(s): 1012   
  Publisher: Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia   
  Publication Place: Verbania Pallanza, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0374-9118   
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  Reference for: Echiniscus   
       

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