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Diphascon (Adropion) Pilato, 1987
Taxonomic Serial No.: 710264

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Subgenus
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	Current Standing:	valid

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	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Tardigrada – tardigrades, water bears, tardigrades, tardígrado
	Class	Eutardigrada Richters, 1926 – eutardigrades
	Order	Parachela Schuster, Nelson, Grigarick and Christenberry, 1980
	Family	Hypsibiidae Pilato, 1969
	Subfamily	Diphasconinae Dastych, 1992
	Genus	Diphascon Plate, 1889
	Subgenus	Diphascon (Adropion) Pilato, 1987
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	Species	Diphascon arduifrons Thulin, 1928
	Species	Diphascon behanae Dastych, 1987
	Species	Diphascon belgicae Richters, 1911
	Species	Diphascon carolae Binda and Pilato, 1969
	Species	Diphascon clavatum (Bartos, 1935)
	Species	Diphascon gordonense Pilato, Claxton and Horning, 1991
	Species	Diphascon greveni Dastych, 1984
	Species	Diphascon maucci Dastych and McInnes, 1996
	Species	Diphascon modestum Binda, Pilato and Dastych, 1986
	Species	Diphascon montigenum Pilato and Dastych, 1979
	Species	Diphascon onorei Pilato, Binda, Napolitano and Moncada, 2002
	Species	Diphascon prorsirostre Thulin, 1928
	Species	Diphascon scoticum Murray, 1905
	Species	Diphascon tricuspidatum Binda and Pilato, 2000
	Species	Diphascon triodon (Maucci, 1996)

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	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, issue 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:	Diphascon (Adropion)

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Pilato, Giovanni
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Revision of the genus Diphascon Plate, 1889, with remarks on the subfamily Itaquasconinae (Eutardigrada, Hypsobiidae)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Biology of Tardigrades: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on the Tardigrada, Modena, September 3-5, 1985
	Page(s):	337-357
	Publisher:	MUCCHI
	Publication Place:	Modena, Italy
	ISBN/ISSN:	88-7000-108-3
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	Reference for:	original description

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