Macrobiotidae is a family 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 ...
. , it consists of the following genera:
* ''
Biserovus''
* ''
Calcarobiotus
''Calcarobiotus'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Macrobiotidae
Macrobiotidae is a family of tardigrade. , it consists of the following genera:
* '' Biserovus''
* '' Calcarobiotus''
** ''C.'' (''Calcarobiotus'')
** ''C.'' ...
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** ''C.'' (''Calcarobiotus'')
** ''C.'' (''Discrepunguis'')
* ''
Famelobiotus''
* ''
Insuetifurca''
* ''
Macrobiotus
''Macrobiotus'' is a genus of tardigrade consisting of about 100 species.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''Macrobiotus acadianus'' (Meyer & Domingue, 2011)
* ''Macrobiotus almadai'' Fontoura, Pilato & Lisi, 2008
* ''Macro ...
''
* ''
Mesobiotus
''Mesobiotus'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Macrobiotidae.
Species
According to the 42nd edition of ''Actual checklist of Tardigrada species'', the genus contains the following species:
* ''Mesobiotus altitudinalis'' (Biser ...
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* ''
Minibiotus
''Minibiotus'' is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Macrobiotidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species:
*''Minibiotus acontistus''
*''Minibiotus aculeatus''
*''Minibiotus africanus
''Minibiotus'' ...
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* ''
Minilentus''
* ''
Paramacrobiotus''
* ''
Pseudodiphascon'' (genus
dubium)
* ''
Pseudohexapodibius''
* ''
Schusterius''
* ''
Sisubiotus''
* ''
Tenuibiotus''
* ''
Xerobiotus''
The genera ''
Adorybiotus'' and ''
Richtersius
''Richtersius'' is a monospecific genus of tardigrades in the family Richtersiidae; its sole species is ''Richtersius coronifer''. ''R. coronifer'' is one of two species of tardigrade that have been shown to survive and continue reproducing afte ...
'' were transferred from Macrobiotidae to a new family,
Richtersiidae, in 2016.
References
Tardigrade families
Parachaela
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