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Echiniscoides
Sign in to saveEchiniscoides is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscoididae. It was named and described by Ludwig Hermann Plate in 1888.
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It is catalogued under topics including Echiniscoididae and Tardigrade genera.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumTardigrada
- ClassHeterotardigrada
- OrderEchiniscoidea
- FamilyEchiniscoididae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 155
- With media
- 755
- Family
- Echiniscoididae
- Collections
- CAS, UCDC, RWMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Ecuador
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Echiniscoididae
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- taxon author citation
- Plate, 1888
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- genus
- taxon name
- Echiniscoides
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Encyclopedic overview
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Echiniscoides is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscoididae. It was named and described by Ludwig Hermann Plate in 1888.
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Echiniscoides: Echiniscoides andamanensis Echiniscoides basalticus Echiniscoides bruni Echiniscoides bufocephalus Echiniscoides costaricensis Echiniscoides galliensis Echiniscoides groenlandicus Echiniscoides hispaniensis Echiniscoides hoepneri Echiniscoides lichenophilus Echiniscoides mediterranicus Echiniscoides musa Echiniscoides polynesiensis Echiniscoides porphyrae Echiniscoides ritavargasae Echiniscoides rugostellatus Echiniscoides sigismundi Echiniscoides travei Echiniscoides trichosus Echiniscoides verrucariae Echiniscoides wyethi
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