The Halechiniscidae are 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 . In 1776, th ...
s.
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
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Dipodarctus''
Pollock, 1995
* Euclavarctinae
Renaud-Mornant, 1983
** ''
Clavarctus''
Renaud-Mornant, 1983
** ''
Euclavarctus''
Renaud-Mornant, 1975
** ''
Exoclavarctus
''Exoclavarctus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. Its only species is ''Exoclavarctus dineti''. The species has been found in the deep sea in the Bay of Biscay. ''
Renaud-Mornant, 1983
** ''
Moebjergarctus''
Bussau, 1992
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Parmursa
''Parmursa'' is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Euclavarctinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae
The Halechiniscidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1928.
Subfamilie ...
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Renaud-Mornant, 1984
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Proclavarctus
''Proclavarctus fragilis'' is a species of tardigrades. It is the only species in the genus ''Proclavarctus'', part of the Family (biology), family Halechiniscidae. The species has been found in deep sea in the Mozambique Channel and the Bay of B ...
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Renaud-Mornant, 1983
* Florarctinae
Renaud-Mornant, 1982
** ''
Florarctus''
Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965
** ''
Ligiarctus''
Renaud-Mornant, 1982
** ''
Wingstrandarctus''
Kristensen, 1984
* Halechiniscinae
Thulin, 1928
** ''
Chrysoarctus''
Renaud-Mornant, 1984
** ''
Halechiniscus''
Richters, 1908
* Orzeliscinae
Schulz, 1963
** ''
Mutaparadoxipus''
Gross, Miller & Hochberg, 2014
** ''
Opydorscus''
Renaud-Mornant, 1989
** ''
Orzeliscus''
du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1952
** ''
Paradoxipus''
Kristensen & Higgins, 1989
* Quisarctinae
Fujimoto, 2015
** ''
Quisarctus''
Fujimoto, 2015
References
Further reading
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*Thulin, ''Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden'' (''On the Phylogeny and the System of Tardigrade''). Hereditas (1928), no. 2/3, p. 207-266
Tardigrade families
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