Anisonyches
Sign in to saveAnisonyches is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscoididae. The genus was first described and named by Leland W. Pollock in 1975. The genus name is a combination of the Greek aniso ("unequal") and onyches ("claws"), since Anisonyches have four claws each on the first three pairs of legs and three claws each on the fourth pair of legs.
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It is catalogued under topics including Echiniscoididae and Tardigrade genera.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumTardigrada
- ClassHeterotardigrada
- OrderArthrotardigrada
- FamilyAnisonychidae
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- Parent taxon
- Anisonychidae
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- Pollock, 1975
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Anisonyches is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscoididae. The genus was first described and named by Leland W. Pollock in 1975. The genus name is a combination of the Greek aniso ("unequal") and onyches ("claws"), since Anisonyches have four claws each on the first three pairs of legs and three claws each on the fourth pair of legs.
==Species== According to Degma, Bertolani et Guidetti (2018), this genus includes three species: Anisonyches deliquus Chang & Rho, 1998 Anisonyches diakidius Pollock, 1975 Anisonyches eleutherensis Bartels, Fontoura & Nelson, 2018 Anisonyches mauritianus Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Daddabbo, 1987
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