''Calcarobiotus'' is a genus of
tardigrade
Tardigrades (), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them . In 1776, th ...
s belonging to the family
Macrobiotidae
Macrobiotidae is a family of tardigrades.
Phylogeny
External phylogeny
According to a 2018 report using multiple morphological and molecular studies, the Macrobiotoidea are sister to the Hypsibioidea; both are eutardigrades. The genera '' ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Africa.
Species:
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Calcarobiotus digeronimoi''
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Calcarobiotus filmeri''
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Calcarobiotus gildae''
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Calcarobiotus hainanensis''
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Calcarobiotus imperialis''
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Calcarobiotus longinoi''
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Calcarobiotus occultus''
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Calcarobiotus parvicalcar''
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Calcarobiotus polygonatus''
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Calcarobiotus tetrannulatus''
References
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Parachela (tardigrade)
Tardigrade genera