''Echiniscus'' is a
genus
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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
Echiniscoidea is an order of tardigrades, a phylum of water-dwelling, ei ...
.
The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
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Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* ''
Echiniscus aliquantillus'' Grigarick, Schuster & Nelson, 1983
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Echiniscus angolensis'' da Cunha & do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1964
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Echiniscus apuanus'' Bertolani, 1946
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Echiniscus arcangelii'' Maucci, 1973–74
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Echiniscus arctomys'' Ehrenberg, 1853
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Echiniscus arthuri'' Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2005
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Echiniscus azoricus'' Fontoura, Pilato & Lisi, 2008
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Echiniscus baius'' Marcus, 1928
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Echiniscus baloghi'' Iharos, 1973
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Echiniscus barbarae'' Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2002
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Echiniscus batramiae
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* '' ...
'' Iharos, 1936
* ''
Echiniscus becki'' Schuster & Grigarick, 1966
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Echiniscus bigranulatus'' Richters, 1907
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Echiniscus bisculptus'' Maucci, 1983
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Echiniscus blumi
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* '' ...
'' Richters, 1903
* ''
Echiniscus calcaratus
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* '' ...
'' Richters, 1908
* ''
Echiniscus calvus
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* '' ...
'' Marcus, 1931
* ''
Echiniscus canadensis
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* '' ...
'' Murray, 1910
* ''
Echiniscus canedoi
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* '' ...
'' da Cunha & do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1962
* ''
Echiniscus capillatus
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* '' ...
'' Ramazzotti, 1956
* ''
Echiniscus carsicus
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* '' ...
'' Mihelčič, 1966
* ''
Echiniscus carusoi
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* '' ...
'' Pilato, 1972
* ''
Echiniscus cavagnaroi
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* '' ...
'' Schuster & Grigarick, 1966
* ''
Echiniscus cervicornis
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* '' ...
'' Murray, 1906
* ''
Echiniscus charrua
''Echiniscus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Karl August Sigismund Schultze in 1840.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''Echiniscus africanus'' Murray, 1907
* ''E ...
'' Claps & Rossi, 1997
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Echiniscus cheonyoungi'' Moon & Kim, 1994
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Echiniscus cirinoi'' Binda & Pilato, 1993
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Echiniscus clavispinosus'' Fontoura, Pilato & Lisi, 2011
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Echiniscus clevelandi'' Beasley, 1999
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Echiniscus columinis'' Murray, 1911
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Echiniscus corrugicaudatus'' McInnes, 2009
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Echiniscus crassispinosus'' Murray, 1907
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Echiniscus crebraclava'' Sun, Li & Feng, 2014
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Echiniscus curiosus'' Claxton, 1996
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Echiniscus danieli'' Meyer, Tsaliki & Sorgee, 2017
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Echiniscus dariae'' Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2010
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Echiniscus darienae'' Miller, Horning & Dastych, 1995
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Echiniscus dearmatus'' Bartoš, 1935
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Echiniscus dikenli'' Maucci, 1973
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Echiniscus diploglyptus'' Durante Pasa & Maucci, 1975
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Echiniscus divergens'' Marcus, 1936
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Echiniscus dreyfusi'' de Barros, 1942
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Echiniscus duboisi'' Richters, 1902
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Echiniscus egnatiae'' Durante Pasa & Maucci, 1979
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Echiniscus ehrenbergi'' Dastych & Kristensen, 1995
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Echiniscus elaeinae'' Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2005
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Echiniscus elegans'' Richters, 1907
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Echiniscus evelinae'' de Barros, 1942
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Echiniscus ganczareki'' Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2007
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Echiniscus granulatus'' (Doyère, 1840)
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Echiniscus heterospinosus'' Maucci, 1954
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Echiniscus hexacanthus'' Maucci, 1973
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Echiniscus hoonsooi'' Moon & Kim, 1990
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Echiniscus horningi'' Schuster & Grigarick, 1971
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Echiniscus inocelatus'' Mihelčič, 1938
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Echiniscus insuetus'' Mihelčič, 1967
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Echiniscus jagodici'' Mihelčič, 1951
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Echiniscus jamesi'' Claxton, 1996
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Echiniscus japonicus'' Morikawa, 1951
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Echiniscus jenningsi'' Dastych, 1984
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Echiniscus kerguelensis'' Richters, 1904
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Echiniscus knowltoni'' Schuster & Grigarick, 1971
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Echiniscus kofordi'' Schuster & Grigarick, 1966
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Echiniscus kosickii'' Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2010
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Echiniscus lapponicus'' Thulin, 1911
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Echiniscus laterosetosus'' Ito, 1993
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Echiniscus laterospinosus'' Rudescu, 1964
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Echiniscus latifasciatus'' Dudichev & Biserov, 2000
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Echiniscus lentiferus'' Claxton & Dastych, 2017
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Echiniscus lichenorum'' Maucci, 1983
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Echiniscus limai'' da Cunha & do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1964
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Echiniscus lineatus'' Pilato, Fontoura, Lisi & Beasley, 2008
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Echiniscus longispinosus'' Murray, 1907
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Echiniscus loxophthalmus'' Richters, 1911
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Echiniscus madonnae'' Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2006
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Echiniscus maesi'' Séméria, 1985
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Echiniscus malpighii'' Biserov, 1994
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Echiniscus manuelae'' da Cunha & do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1962
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Echiniscus marcusi'' Pilato, Claxton & Binda, 1989
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Echiniscus marginatus'' Binda & Pilato, 1994
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Echiniscus marginoporus'' Grigarick, Schuster & Nelson, 1983
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Echiniscus markezi'' Mihelčič, 1971/72
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Echiniscus marleyi'' Li, 2007
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Echiniscus masculinus'' Gąsiorek, Vončina & Michalczyk, 2020
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Echiniscus mauccii'' Ramazzotti, 1956
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Echiniscus mediantus'' Marcus, 1930
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Echiniscus merokensis'' Richters, 1904
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Echiniscus migiurtinus'' Franceschi, 1957
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Echiniscus mihelcici'' Iharos, 1973
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Echiniscus militaris'' Murray, 1911
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Echiniscus molluscorum'' Fox & Garcia-Moll, 1962
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Echiniscus mongoliensis'' Iharos, 1973
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Echiniscus moniliatus'' Iharos, 1967
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Echiniscus montanus'' Iharos, 1982
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Echiniscus mosaicus'' Grigarick, Schuster & Nelson, 1983
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Echiniscus murrayi'' Iharos, 1969
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Echiniscus nelsonae'' Li, Wang & Yu, 2007
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Echiniscus nepalensis'' Dastych, 1975
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Echiniscus nigripustulus'' Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978
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Echiniscus nobilis'' Mihelčič, 1967
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Echiniscus ollantaytamboensis'' Nickel, Miller & Marley, 2001
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Echiniscus osellai'' Maucci, 1975
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Echiniscus pajstunensis'' Bartoš,1941
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Echiniscus palmai'' Dastych, 1997
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Echiniscus pardalis'' Degma & Schill, 2015
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Echiniscus perarmatus'' Murray, 1907
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Echiniscus peruvianus'' Binda & Pilato, 1994
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Echiniscus perviridis'' Ramazzotti, 1959
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Echiniscus phocae'' du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944
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Echiniscus polygonalis'' Ito, 1993
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Echiniscus pooensis'' Rodriguez-Roda, 1948
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Echiniscus porabrus'' Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978
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Echiniscus postojnensis'' Mihelčič, 1967
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Echiniscus pseudelegans'' Séméria, 1994
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Echiniscus pseudowendti'' Dastych, 1984
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Echiniscus punctus'' McInnes, 1995
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Echiniscus pusae'' Marcus, 1928
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Echiniscus quadrispinosus'' Richters, 1902
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Echiniscus quitensis'' Pilato, 2007
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Echiniscus rackae'' Dastych, 1986
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Echiniscus ranzii'' Ramazzotti, 1964
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Echiniscus reticulatus'' Murray, 1905
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Echiniscus reymondi'' Marcus, 1928
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Echiniscus robertsi'' Schuster & Grigarick, 1965
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Echiniscus rodnae'' Claxton, 1996
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Echiniscus rufoviridis'' du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944
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Echiniscus rugospinosus'' Marcus, 1928
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Echiniscus scabrospinosus'' Fontoura, 1982
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Echiniscus semifoveolatus'' Ito, 1993
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Echiniscus shaanxiensis'' Li, Wang & Yu, 2007
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Echiniscus siegristi'' Heinis, 1911
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Echiniscus simba'' Marcus, 1928
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Echiniscus speciosus'' Mihelčič, 1967
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Echiniscus spiculifer'' Schaudinn, 1901
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Echiniscus spiniger'' Richters, 1904
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Echiniscus spinulosus'' (Doyère, 1840)
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Echiniscus storkani'' Bartoš, 1940
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Echiniscus sylvanus'' Murray, 1910
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Echiniscus taibaiensis'' Wang & Li, 2005
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Echiniscus tamus'' Mehlen, 1969
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Echiniscus tardus'' Mihelčič, 1951
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Echiniscus tenuis'' Marcus, 1928
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Echiniscus tessellatus'' Murray, 1910
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Echiniscus testudo'' (Doyère, 1840)
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Echiniscus trisetosus'' Cuénot, 1932
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Echiniscus trojanus'' Maucci, 1973
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Echiniscus tropicalis'' Binda & Pilato, 1995
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Echiniscus tympanista'' Murray, 1911
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Echiniscus velaminis'' Murray, 1910
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Echiniscus vinculus'' Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978
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Echiniscus virginicus'' Riggin, 1962
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Echiniscus viridianus'' Pilato, Fontoura & Lisi, 2007
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Echiniscus viridis'' Murray, 1910
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Echiniscus viridissimus'' Péterfi, 1956
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Echiniscus walteri'' Pilato & Lisi, 2003
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Echiniscus weisseri'' Maucci, 1978
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Echiniscus wendti'' Richters, 1903
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Echiniscus zetotrymus'' Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Echiniscus intermedius'' Murray, 1910: synonym of ''
Bryochoerus intermedius'' Marcus, 1936
References
Further reading
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*Schultze, ''Echiniscus bellermanni''. Animal Crustaceum (1840), Berlin, p. 1-8.
Nomenclator Zoologicus info
Tardigrade genera
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