Echiniscus

Echiniscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Echiniscoidea
Family: Echiniscidae
Genus: Echiniscus
Schultze, 1840
Synonyms

Emydium Doyère, 1840

Echiniscus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae.[1] The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.

  1. ^ Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 25 November 2018.