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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
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2022

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Tardigrada Doyère, 1840 – tardigrades, water bears, tardigrades, tardígrado
	Class	Heterotardigrada Marcus, 1927 – heterotardigrades
	Order	Echiniscoidea Richters, 1926
	Family	Echiniscidae Thulin, 1928
	Genus	Echiniscus 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

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	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
	Notes:
	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
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	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
	Notes:
	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
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Echiniscus

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