Hypsibius

Hypsibius is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.

Hypsibius
Hypsibius dujardini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Eutardigrada
Order: Parachaela
Family: Hypsibiidae
Subfamily: Hypsibiinae
Genus: Hypsibius
Ehrenberg, 1848
Type species
Macrobiotus dujardini[1][2]
Doyère, 1840

Genome sequencing

The genome of Hypsibius dujardini has been sequenced.[3] Hypsibius dujardini has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cultured indefinitely and cryopreserved.[4] This sequenced strain has been redesignated Hypsibius exemplaris since 2018.[5]

Species

The genus includes the following species:

  • Hypsibius allisoni Horning, Schuster and Grigarick, 1978
  • Hypsibius americanus (Packard, 1873)
  • Hypsibius antonovae (Biserov 1990)
  • Hypsibius arcticus (Murray 1907)
  • Hypsibius biscuitiformis Bartos, 1960
  • Hypsibius calcaratus Bartos, 1935
  • Hypsibius camelopardalis Ramazzotti and Maucci, 1983
  • Hypsibius conifer Mihelcic, 1938
  • Hypsibius convergens (Urbanowicz, 1925)
  • Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840)
  • Hypsibius exemplaris (Gąsiorek, 2018)[5]
  • Hypsibius fuhrmanni (Heinis, 1914)
  • Hypsibius giusepperamazzotti Sudzuki, 1975
  • Hypsibius heardensis Miller, McInnes and Bergstrom, 2005
  • Hypsibius hypostomus Bartos, 1935
  • Hypsibius iharosi Bartos, 1941
  • Hypsibius janetscheki Ramazzotti 1968
  • Hypsibius klebelsbergi Mihelcic 1959
  • Hypsibius macrocalcaratus Beasley, 1988
  • Hypsibius maculatus Iharos, 1969
  • Hypsibius marcelli Pilato, 1990
  • Hypsibius microps Thulin, 1928
  • Hypsibius morikawai Ito, 1995
  • Hypsibius multituberculatus Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2003
  • Hypsibius novaezeelandiae Pilato and Binda, 1997
  • Hypsibius pachyunguis Maucci, 1996
  • Hypsibius pallidus Thulin, 1911
  • Hypsibius pedrottii Bertolani, Manicardi and Gibertoni, 1987
  • Hypsibius pradellii Bertolani and Rebecchi, 1996
  • Hypsibius ragonesei Binda and Pilato, 1985
  • Hypsibius roanensis Nelson and McGlothlin, 1993
  • Hypsibius runae Bartos, 1941
  • Hypsibius scaber Maucci, 1987
  • Hypsibius scabropygus Cuénot, 1929
  • Hypsibius septulatus Pilato, Binda, Napolitano and Moncada, 2004
  • Hypsibius seychellensis Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2006
  • Hypsibius simoizumii Sudzuki, 1964
  • Hypsibius stiliferus Abe, 2004
  • Hypsibius thaleri Dastych, 2004
  • Hypsibius vaskelae Tumanov
  • Hypsibius zetlandicus (Murray, 1907)

References
  1. Binda, Maria Grazia; Pilato, Giovanni (1987). "Case 2589. Hypsibius Ehrenberg, 1848 (Tardigrada): proposed designation of Macrobiotus dujardini Doyère, 1840 as type species". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 44 (4): 235–236. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.340.
  2. ICZN (1989). "Opinion 1551. Hypsibius Ehrenberg, 1848 (Tardigrada): Macrobiotus dujardini Doyère, 1840 designated as type species". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 46 (3): 197–198.
  3. Koutsovoulos, Georgios; Kumar, Sujai; Laetsch, Dominik R.; Stevens, Lewis; Daub, Jennifer; Conlon, Claire; Maroon, Habib; Thomas, Fran; Aboobaker, Aziz A.; Blaxter, Mark (2016). "No evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer in the genome of the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (18): 5053–5058. Bibcode:2016PNAS..113.5053K. doi:10.1073/pnas.1600338113. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4983863. PMID 27035985.
  4. Gabriel, W; et al. (2007). "The tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini, a new model for studying the evolution of development". Developmental Biology. 312 (2): 545–559. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.09.055. PMID 17996863.
  5. Gąsiorek, P; et al. (2018). "An integrative redescription of Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for Hypsibioidea (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada)". Zootaxa. 4415 (1): 045–075. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.2. PMID 30313631.
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