''Bryochoerus'' 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 ...
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 Kleiner Wasserbär ...
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. .
Species
This genus includes only two species:
* ''
Bryochoerus intermedius'' (Murray, 1910)
* ''
Bryochoerus liupanensis'' Xue, Li, Wang, Xian & Chen, 2017
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Further reading
Nomenclator Zoologicus info
Echiniscidae
Tardigrade genera
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