''Mopsechiniscus'' 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 terrestrial

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

Echiniscidae The Echiniscidae are a family of tardigrades, a phylum of water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animals. It is one of the four families in the order Echiniscoidea.

.Mopsechiniscus

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It was named and described by

Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus (6 October 1901 – 31 January 1990) was a German zoology, zoologist and drawing, drawer. Life Eveline Du Bois-Reymond was the youngest daughter of Rene and Frieda du Bois-Reymond, as well as a granddaughter of phys ...

in 1944.

Species

The genus includes the following species: * '' Mopsechiniscus franciscae'' Guidetti, Rebecchi, Cesari & McInnes, 2014 * '' Mopsechiniscus frenoti'' Dastych, 1999 * '' Mopsechiniscus granulosus'' Mihelčič, 1967 * '' Mopsechiniscus imberbis'' (Richters, 1907) * ''

Mopsechiniscus schusteri ''Mopsechiniscus'' is a genus of terrestrial tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae.Mopsechinis ...

'' Dastych, 1999 * '' Mopsechiniscus tasmanicus'' Dastych & Moscal, 1992

Species

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