The Halechiniscidae are a family of
tardigrades.
The family was named and first described by
Gustav Thulin
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in 1928.
Subfamilies and genera
They are divided into the following subfamilies and genera:
* Dipodarctinae
Pollock, 1995
** ''
Dipodarctus''
Pollock, 1995
* Euclavarctinae
Renaud-Mornant, 1983
** ''
Clavarctus''
Renaud-Mornant, 1983
** ''
Euclavarctus''
Renaud-Mornant, 1975
** ''
Exoclavarctus
''Exoclavarctus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. Its only species is ''Exoclavarctus dineti''. The species has been found in the deep sea in the Bay of Biscay
The Bay of Biscay (), known in Spain as the Gulf of ...
''
Renaud-Mornant, 1983
** ''
Moebjergarctus''
Bussau, 1992
** ''
Parmursa
''Parmursa'' is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Euclavarctinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant
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Renaud-Mornant, 1984
** ''
Proclavarctus''
Renaud-Mornant, 1983
* Florarctinae
Renaud-Mornant, 1982
** ''
Florarctus''
Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965
** ''
Ligiarctus''
Renaud-Mornant, 1982
** ''
Wingstrandarctus''
Kristensen, 1984
* Halechiniscinae
Thulin, 1928
** ''
Chrysoarctus
''Chrysoarctus'' is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Halechiniscinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant
Jeanne Renaud-Mornant, Born Jeanne Renaud, Jeanne Renaud-Deby ...
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Renaud-Mornant, 1984
** ''
Halechiniscus''
Richters, 1908
* Orzeliscinae
Schulz, 1963
** ''
Mutaparadoxipus''
Gross, Miller & Hochberg, 2014
** ''
Opydorscus''
Renaud-Mornant, 1989
** ''
Orzeliscus''
du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1952
** ''
Paradoxipus''
Kristensen & Higgins, 1989
* Quisarctinae
Fujimoto, 2015
** ''
Quisarctus''
Fujimoto, 2015
References
Further reading
*Thulin, ''Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden'' (''On the Phylogeny and the System of Tardigrade''). Hereditas (1928), no. 2/3, p. 207-266
Tardigrade families
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