''Hypsibius'' 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 Kleiner Wasserbär ...
s 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 t ...
.
Genome sequencing
The genome of ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has been sequenced.
''Hypsibius dujardini'' has a compact genome and a
generation time of about two weeks. It can be cultured indefinitely and cryopreserved.
This sequenced strain has been redesignated ''Hypsibius exemplaris'' since 2018.
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Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Hypsibius allisoni'' Horning, Schuster and Grigarick, 1978
* '' Hypsibius americanus'' (Packard, 1873)
* '' Hypsibius antonovae'' (Biserov 1990)
* '' Hypsibius arcticus'' (Murray 1907)
* '' Hypsibius biscuitiformis'' Bartos, 1960
* ''Hypsibius calcaratus
''Hypsibius'' is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing
The genome of ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has been sequenced. ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cult ...
'' Bartos, 1935
* '' Hypsibius camelopardalis'' Ramazzotti and Maucci, 1983
* ''Hypsibius conifer
''Hypsibius'' is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing
The genome of ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has been sequenced. ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cult ...
'' Mihelcic, 1938
* ''Hypsibius convergens
''Hypsibius'' is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing
The genome of ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has been sequenced. ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cult ...
'' (Urbanowicz, 1925)
* '' Hypsibius dujardini'' (Doyère, 1840)
* ''Hypsibius exemplaris
''Hypsibius dujardini sensu lato'' is a species complex of tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada
Eutardigrada are a class of tardigrades (Tardigrada) without lateral appendices. Primarily freshwater bound, some species have secondarily gained ...
'' (Gąsiorek, 2018)Hypsibius fuhrmanni
''Hypsibius'' is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing
The genome of ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has been sequenced. ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cult ...
'' (Heinis, 1914)
* ''Hypsibius giusepperamazzotti
''Hypsibius'' is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing
The genome of ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has been sequenced. ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cult ...
'' Sudzuki, 1975
* ''Hypsibius heardensis
''Hypsibius'' is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing
The genome of ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has been sequenced. ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cult ...
'' Miller, McInnes and Bergstrom, 2005
* '' Hypsibius hypostomus'' Bartos, 1935
* '' Hypsibius iharosi'' Bartos, 1941
* ''Hypsibius janetscheki
''Hypsibius'' is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing
The genome of ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has been sequenced. ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cult ...
'' Ramazzotti 1968
* ''Hypsibius klebelsbergi
''Hypsibius'' is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing
The genome of ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has been sequenced. ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cult ...
'' Mihelcic 1959
* '' Hypsibius macrocalcaratus'' Beasley, 1988
* '' Hypsibius maculatus'' Iharos, 1969
* '' Hypsibius marcelli'' Pilato, 1990
* '' Hypsibius microps'' Thulin, 1928
* '' Hypsibius morikawai'' Ito, 1995
* '' Hypsibius multituberculatus'' Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2003
* ''Hypsibius novaezeelandiae
''Hypsibius'' is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing
The genome of ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has been sequenced. ''Hypsibius dujardini'' has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cult ...
'' Pilato and Binda, 1997
* '' Hypsibius pachyunguis'' Maucci, 1996
* '' Hypsibius pallidus'' Thulin, 1911
* '' Hypsibius pedrottii'' Bertolani, Manicardi and Gibertoni, 1987
* '' Hypsibius pradellii'' Bertolani and Rebecchi, 1996
* '' Hypsibius ragonesei'' Binda and Pilato, 1985
* '' Hypsibius roanensis'' Nelson and McGlothlin, 1993
* '' Hypsibius runae'' Bartos, 1941
* '' Hypsibius scaber'' Maucci, 1987
* '' Hypsibius scabropygus'' Cuénot, 1929
* '' Hypsibius septulatus'' Pilato, Binda, Napolitano and Moncada, 2004
* '' Hypsibius seychellensis'' Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2006
* '' Hypsibius simoizumii'' Sudzuki, 1964
* '' Hypsibius stiliferus'' Abe, 2004
* '' Hypsibius thaleri'' Dastych, 2004
* '' Hypsibius vaskelae'' Tumanov
* '' Hypsibius zetlandicus'' (Murray, 1907)
References
External links
Tardigrada Newsletter
Tardigrades – Pictures and Movies
The Edinburgh Tardigrade project
Tardigrades (English/German)
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Hypsibiidae
Tardigrade genera
Polyextremophiles
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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