Macrobiotidae is a family 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 ...
. , it consists of the following genera:
* ''
Biserovus''
* ''
Calcarobiotus''
** ''C.'' (''Calcarobiotus'')
** ''C.'' (''Discrepunguis'')
* ''
Famelobiotus''
* ''
Insuetifurca''
* ''
Macrobiotus''
* ''
Mesobiotus''
* ''
Minibiotus''
* ''
Minilentus''
* ''
Paramacrobiotus''
* ''
Pseudodiphascon'' (genus
dubium)
* ''
Pseudohexapodibius''
* ''
Schusterius''
* ''
Sisubiotus''
* ''
Tenuibiotus''
* ''
Xerobiotus''
The genera ''
Adorybiotus'' and ''
Richtersius'' were transferred from Macrobiotidae to a new family,
Richtersiidae
Richtersiidae is a family 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 2016.
References
Tardigrade families
Parachaela
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