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Echiniscidae
The Echiniscidae are a family of tardigrades, a phylum of water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animals. It is one of the four families in the order Echiniscoidea. The family was named by Gustav Thulin in 1928.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumTardigrada
- ClassHeterotardigrada
- OrderEchiniscoidea
- FamilyEchiniscidae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
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The Echiniscidae are a family of tardigrades, a phylum of water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animals. It is one of the four families in the order Echiniscoidea. The family was named by Gustav Thulin in 1928.
== Genera == The family Echiniscidae consists of the following genera: Acanthechiniscus Antechiniscus Barbaria Bryochoerus Bryodelphax Claxtonia Cornechiniscus Diploechiniscus Vicente, Fontoura, Cesari, Rebecchi, Guidetti, Serrano & Bertolani, 2013 Echiniscus Schultze, 1840 Hypechiniscus Thulin, 1928 Kristenseniscus Mopsechiniscus Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944 Multipseudechiniscus Schulte Miller, 2011 Nebularmis Novechiniscus Kristensen, 1987 Parechiniscus Cuénot, 1987 Proechiniscus Kristensen, 1987 Pseudechiniscus Thulin, 1911 Testechiniscus Kristensen, 1987 Viridiscus Zealandiscus