''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a
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 ...
in the class
Eutardigrada
Eutardigrada are a class of tardigrades (Tardigrada) without lateral appendages. Primarily freshwater bound, some species have secondarily gained the ability to live in marine environments ('' Halobiotus''). By cryptobiosis many species are able ...
.
The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades also consume insect larvae and even other tardigrades. They live in a lot of places, like damp wooded areas with moss, lichens, leaf litter, and dirt. These animals can also be found in natural lakes and ponds.
Species
* ''
Isohypsibius altai''
Kaczmarek and Michalczyk, 2006
* ''
Isohypsibius annulatus''
(Murray, 1905)
* ''
Isohypsibius arbiter''
Binda, 1980
* ''
Isohypsibius archangajensis''
Kaczmarek and Michalczyk, 2004
* ''
Isohypsibius arcuatus''
(Bartos, 1934)
* ''
Isohypsibius asper''
(Murray, 1906)
* ''
Isohypsibius austriacus''
(Iharos, 1966)
* ''
Isohypsibius baicalensis''
(Ramazzotti, 1966)
* ''
Isohypsibius baldii''
(Ramazzotti, 1945)
* ''
Isohypsibius baldiioides''
Tumanov, 2003
* ''
Isohypsibius barbarae''
Pilato & Binda 2002
* ''
Isohypsibius bartosi''
(Iharos, 1966)
* ''
Isohypsibius basalovoi''
(Durante and Maucci, 1972)
* ''
Isohypsibius belliformis''
(Mihelcic, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius bellus''
(Mihelcic, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius borkini
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
Tumanov, 2003
* ''
Isohypsibius brevispinosus''
(Iharos, 1966)
* ''
Isohypsibius brulloi''
Pilato and Pennini, 1976
* ''
Isohypsibius bulbifer''
(Mihelcic, 1957)
* ''
Isohypsibius cameruni
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
(Iharos, 1969)
* ''
Isohypsibius campbellensis
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
Pilato, 1996
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Isohypsibius canadensis
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
(Murray, 1910)
* ''
Isohypsibius ceciliae
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
Pilato and Binda, 1987
* ''
Isohypsibius changbaiensis
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
Yang, 1999
* ''
Isohypsibius chiarae
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
Maucci 1987
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Isohypsibius costatus
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
(Mihelcic, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius cyrilli
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
(Mihelcic, 1942)
* ''
Isohypsibius dastychi
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
Pilato, Bertolani and Binda, 1982
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Isohypsibius deconincki
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
Pilato 1971
* ''
Isohypsibius deflexus''
(Mihelcic, 1960)
* ''
Isohypsibius dudichi''
(Iharos, 1964)
* ''
Isohypsibius duranteae''
(Maucci, 1978)
* ''
Isohypsibius effusus''
(Mihelcic, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius elegans''
(Binda and Pilato, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius eplenyiensis''
(Iharos, 1970)
* ''
Isohypsibius franzi''
(Mihelcic, 1949)
* ''
Isohypsibius fuscus''
(Mihelcic, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius gibbus''
(Marcus, 1928)
* ''
Isohypsibius gilvus''
Biserov, 1986
* ''
Isohypsibius glaber''
(Durante Pasa and Maucci, 1979)
* ''
Isohypsibius glazovi''
Biserov, 1999
* ''
Isohypsibius gracilis''
(Iharos, 1966)
* ''
Isohypsibius granditintinus''
Chang and Rho, 1996
* ''
Isohypsibius granulifer''
Thulin 1928
* ''
Isohypsibius gyulai''
(Mihelcic, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius hadzii''
(Mihelcic, 1938)
* ''
Isohypsibius helenae''
(Iharos, 1964)
* ''
Isohypsibius hydrogogianus''
Ito and Tagami, 1993
* ''
Isohypsibius hypostomoides''
(Mihelcic, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius improvisus''
Dastych, 1984
* ''
Isohypsibius indicus''
(Murray, 1907)
* ''
Isohypsibius irregibilis''
Biserov, 1992
* ''
Isohypsibius itoi''
(Tsurusaki, 1980)
* ''
Isohypsibius jakieli''
Dastych, 1984
* ''
Isohypsibius jingshanensis''
Yang, 2003
* ''
Isohypsibius josephi''
(Iharos, 1964)
* ''
Isohypsibius kenodontis''
Kendall-Fite and Nelson, 1996
* ''
Isohypsibius kotovae''
Tumanov, 2003
* ''
Isohypsibius kristenseni''
Pilato, Catanzaro and Binda, 1989
* ''
Isohypsibius ladogensis''
Tumanov, 2003
* ''
Isohypsibius laevis''
McInnes, 1995
* ''
Isohypsibius landalti''
(Iharos, 1966)
* ''
Isohypsibius latiunguis''
(Iharos, 1964)
* ''
Isohypsibius leithaicus''
(Iharos, 1966)
* ''
Isohypsibius liae''
Li and Wang, 2006
* ''
Isohypsibius lineatus''
(Mihelcic, 1969)
* ''
Isohypsibius longiunguis''
Pilato 1974
* ''
Isohypsibius lunulatus''
(Iharos, 1966)
* ''
Isohypsibius macrodactylus''
(Maucci, 1978)
* ''
Isohypsibius malawiensis''
Jørgensen, 2002
* ''
Isohypsibius mammillosus''
(Iharos, 1964)
* ''
Isohypsibius marcellinoi''
(Binda and Pilato, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius marii''
Bertolani, 1982
* ''
Isohypsibius mihelcici''
(Iharos, 1964)
* ''
Isohypsibius monoicus''
Bertolani, 1982
* ''
Isohypsibius monstruosus''
Maucci, 1991
* ''
Isohypsibius montanus''
(Mihelcic, 1938)
* ''
Isohypsibius myrops''
(Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944)
* ''
Isohypsibius neoundulatus''
(Durante Pasa and Maucci, 1975)
* ''
Isohypsibius nipponicus''
Sudzuki, 1975
* ''
Isohypsibius nodosus''
(Murray, 1907)
* ''
Isohypsibius novaeguineae''
(Iharos, 1967)
* ''
Isohypsibius palmai''
Pilato, 1996
* ''
Isohypsibius panovi''
Tumanov, 2005
* ''
Isohypsibius papillifer''
(Murray, 1905)
* ''
Isohypsibius pappi''
(Iharos, 1966)
* ''
Isohypsibius pauper''
(Mihelcic, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius pilatoi''
(Durante Pasa and Maucci, 1979)
* ''
Isohypsibius pratensis''
(Iharos, 1964)
* ''
Isohypsibius prosostomus''
Thulin, 1928
* ''
Isohypsibius pseudoundulatus''
(da Cunha and do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1946)
* ''
Isohypsibius pulcher''
(Mihelcic, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius pushkini''
Tumanov, 2003
* ''
Isohypsibius qinlingensis''
Li, Wang and Yu, 2005
* ''
Isohypsibius rahmi''
Li and Wang, 2006
* ''
Isohypsibius reticulatus''
Pilato, 1973
* ''
Isohypsibius roberti''
Biserov, 1996
* ''
Isohypsibius ronsisvallei''
Binda and Pilato, 1969
* ''
Isohypsibius rudescui''
(Iharos, 1966)
* ''
Isohypsibius rugosus''
Guidi and Grabowski, 1996
* ''
Isohypsibius sabellai''
Pilato, Binda, Napolitano and Moncada, 2004
* ''
Isohypsibius saltursus''
Schuster, Toftner and Grigarick, 1978
* ''
Isohypsibius sattleri''
(Richters 1902)
* ''
Isohypsibius schaudinni''
(Richters, 1909)
* ''
Isohypsibius sculptus''
(Ramazzotti 1962)
* ''
Isohypsibius sellnicki
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrada, tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, ta ...
''
(Mihelcic, 1962)
* ''
Isohypsibius septentrionalis''
Thulin, 1928
* ''
Isohypsibius silvicola''
(Iharos, 1966)
* ''
Isohypsibius sismicus''
(Maucci, 1978)
* ''
Isohypsibius solidus''
(Mihelcic, 1971)
* ''
Isohypsibius taibaiensis''
Li and Wang, 2005
* ''
Isohypsibius tetradactyloides''
(Richters, 1907)
* ''
Isohypsibius theresiae''
(Iharos, 1964)
* ''
Isohypsibius torulosus
''Isohypsibius'' is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada. The length of an isohypsibius tardigrade ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 1.5 millimeters. In addition to eating algae and plant cells, tardigrades al ...
''
(Mihelcic, 1959)
* ''
Isohypsibius truncorum''
(Iharos, 1964)
* ''
Isohypsibius tuberculatus''
(Plate, 1889)
* ''
Isohypsibius tuberculoides''
(Mihelcic, 1949)
* ''
Isohypsibius tubereticulatus''
Pilato and Catanzaro, 1990
* ''
Isohypsibius tucumanensis''
Claps and Rossi, 1984
* ''
Isohypsibius undulatus''
Thulin 1928
* ''
Isohypsibius vejdovskyi''
(Bartos, 1939)
* ''
Isohypsibius verae''
Pilato and Catanzaro, 1990
* ''
Isohypsibius vietnamensis''
(Iharos, 1969)
* ''
Isohypsibius wilsoni''
(Horning, Schuster and Grigarick, 1978)
* ''
Isohypsibius woodsae''
Kathman, 1990
* ''
Isohypsibius zierhofferi''
Dastych, 1979
References
External links
Parachela (tardigrade)
Tardigrade genera
Polyextremophiles
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