''Halechiniscus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 in the family
Halechiniscidae
The Halechiniscidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1928.
Subfamilies and genera
They are divided into the following subfamilies and genera:
* Dipodarctinae Pollock, 1995
** ''Dipodarctus ...
.
It was named and described by
Ferdinand Richters
Ferdinand Richters (1 May 1849, Hamburg — 3 July 1914) was a German zoologist. Richters was the curator of Crustacea at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg from 1878 until his death in 1914.
He studied sciences at the Universities of Göttingen and Hei ...
in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* ''
Halechiniscus chafarinensis
''Halechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* '' Halechiniscus chafarinensis'' Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 1995 ...
''
Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 1995
* ''
Halechiniscus churakaagii
''Halechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* ''Halechiniscus chafarinensis'' Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 1995
...
''
Fujimoto, 2015
* ''
Halechiniscus greveni
''Halechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* ''Halechiniscus chafarinensis'' Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 1995
...
''
Renaud-Mornant & Deroux, 1976
* ''
Halechiniscus guiteli
''Halechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* ''Halechiniscus chafarinensis'' Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 1995
...
''
Richters, 1908
* ''
Halechiniscus jejuensis
''Halechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* ''Halechiniscus chafarinensis'' Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 1995
...
''
Chang & Rho, 2002
* ''
Halechiniscus macrocephalus
''Halechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* '' Halechiniscus chafarinensis'' Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 199 ...
''
Grimaldi de Zio, D’Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1988
* ''
Halechiniscus paratuleari
''Halechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* ''Halechiniscus chafarinensis'' Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 1995
...
''
Grimaldi de Zio, D’Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1988
* ''
Halechiniscus perfectus
''Halechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* ''Halechiniscus chafarinensis'' Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 1995
...
''
Schulz, 1955
* ''
Halechiniscus remanei
''Halechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* ''Halechiniscus chafarinensis'' Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 1995
...
''
Schulz, 1955
* ''
Halechiniscus tuleari
''Halechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* ''Halechiniscus chafarinensis'' Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 1995
...
''
Renaud-Mornant, 1979
* ''
Halechiniscus yanakaagii
''Halechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Species
The genus includes 11 species:
* ''Halechiniscus chafarinensis'' Grimaldi de Zio & Villora Moreno, 1995
...
''
Fujimoto, 2015
References
Publications
*Richters (1908)
Marine Tardigraden.'
'Marine Tardigrades''Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 33, p. 77-85 (integral text, archive).
Halechiniscidae
Tardigrade genera
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