''Eohypsibiidae'' is a family of water bear or moss piglet,
tardigrades
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 Kleiner Wasserbär ...
in the class
Eutardigrada
Eutardigrada are a class of tardigrades (Tardigrada) without lateral appendices. Primarily freshwater bound, some species have secondarily gained the ability to live in marine environments ('' Halobiotus''). By cryptobiosis many species are able ...
. It contains the following species in three genera:
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Austeruseus''
[Trygvadottir, B. V. & Kristensen, R. M.(2011). "Eohypsibiidae (Eutardigrada, Tardigrada) from the Faroe Islands with the description of a new genus containing three new species." ''Zootaxa'' 2886: 39–62.]
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Austeruseus balduri''
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Austeruseus faroensis''
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Austeruseus rokuri''
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Bertolanius
''Bertolanius'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Eohypsibiidae
''Eohypsibiidae'' is a family of water bear or moss piglet, tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada
Eutardigrada are a class of tardigrades (Tardigrada) without l ...
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Bertolanius birnae
''Bertolanius'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Eohypsibiidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* '' Bertolanius birnae''
* '' Bertolanius mahunkai''
* '' Bertolanius markevichi' ...
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Bertolanius mahunkai
''Bertolanius'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Eohypsibiidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''Bertolanius birnae''
* '' Bertolanius mahunkai''
* '' Bertolanius markevichi'' ...
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Bertolanius markevichi
''Bertolanius'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Eohypsibiidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''Bertolanius birnae''
* ''Bertolanius mahunkai''
* '' Bertolanius markevichi'' ...
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Bertolanius nebulosus
''Bertolanius'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Eohypsibiidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* '' Bertolanius birnae''
* '' Bertolanius mahunkai''
* '' Bertolanius markevichi' ...
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Bertolanius portucalensis
''Bertolanius'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Eohypsibiidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''Bertolanius birnae''
* ''Bertolanius mahunkai''
* ''Bertolanius markevichi''
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Bertolanius smreczinskii
''Bertolanius'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Eohypsibiidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''Bertolanius birnae''
* ''Bertolanius mahunkai''
* ''Bertolanius markevichi''
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Bertolanius volubilis
''Bertolanius'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Eohypsibiidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''Bertolanius birnae''
* ''Bertolanius mahunkai''
* ''Bertolanius markevichi''
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Bertolanius weglarskae
''Bertolanius'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Eohypsibiidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* '' Bertolanius birnae''
* '' Bertolanius mahunkai''
* '' Bertolanius markevichi' ...
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Eohypsibius''
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Eohypsibius nadjae''
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Eohypsibius terrestris''
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Parachela (tardigrade)
Tardigrade families
Polyextremophiles
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