Macrobiotidae

Macrobiotidae is a family of tardigrade. As of 2023^[update], it consists of the following genera:^[2]

Biserovus Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
Calcarobiotus Dastych, 1993
- C. (Calcarobiotus) Dastych, 1993
- C. (Discrepunguis) Guidetti & Bertolani, 2001
Famelobiotus Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2004
Insuetifurca Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
Macrobiotus C.A.S. Schultze, 1834
Mesobiotus Vecchi et al., 2016
Minibiotus R.O. Schuster, 1980
Minilentus Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
Paramacrobiotus Guidetti et al., 2009^[3]^[4]^[5]
Pseudodiphascon Ramazzotti, 1965 (genus dubium)
Pseudohexapodibius Bertolani & Biserov, 1996
Schusterius Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2006
Sisubiotus Stec, Vecchi, Calhim & Michalczyk, 2021
Tenuibiotus Pilato & Lisi, 2011
Xerobiotus Bertolani & Biserov, 1996

The genera Adorybiotus and Richtersius were transferred from Macrobiotidae to a new family, Richtersiidae, in 2016.^[2]^[6]

^ Thulin, Gustav (1928). "Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden". Hereditas. 11 (2–3): 207–266. doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1928.tb02488.x.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Degma et al., 2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Dockrill, Peter (2020-10-14). "We Just Found Another Trick Tardigrades Use to Be Basically Indestructible". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
^ Lorena Rebecchi et al.: Resistance of the anhydrobiotic eutardigrade Paramacrobiotus richtersi to space flight (LIFE-TARSE mission on FOTON-M3). In: Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49; 21 April 2011; pp. 98–103; doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00606.x.
^ Dvorsky, George (2020-10-14). "New Fluorescent Tardigrade Is Weirdly Resistant to UV Radiation". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
^ Cite error: The named reference Guidetti et al., 2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).