''Antechiniscus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 ...

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.

. The genus was first described by Reinhardt Kristensen in 1987.

Species

The genus includes six species: * ''

Antechiniscus conversus ''Antechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrade in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was first described by Reinhardt Kristensen in 1987. Species The genus includes six species: * '' Antechiniscus conversus'' (Horning & Schuster, 1983) * ''Antechin ...

'' (Horning & Schuster, 1983) * ''

Antechiniscus jermani ''Antechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrade 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.

'' Rossi & Claps, 1989 * ''

Antechiniscus lateromamillatus ''Antechiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrade in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was first described by Reinhardt Kristensen in 1987. Species The genus includes six species: * ''Antechiniscus conversus'' (Horning & Schuster, 1983) * ''Antechini ...

'' (Ramazzotti, 1964) * '' Antechiniscus moscali'' Claxton, 2001 * '' Antechiniscus parvisentus'' (Horning & Schuster, 1983) * '' Antechiniscus perplexus'' (Horning & Schuster, 1983)

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