Macrobiotidae

Macrobiotidae is a family of tardigrade. As of 2017, it consists of the following genera:[1]

• Mesobiotus Vecchi et al., 2016
• Paramacrobiotus Guidetti et al., 2009[2][3][4]
• Schusterius Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2006
• Tenuibiotus Pilato & Lisi, 2011
• Macrobiotinae Guidetti, Rebecchi and Bertolani, 2000
  • Biserovus Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
  • Calcarobiotus Dastych, 1993
    • C. (Calcarobiotus) Dastych, 1993
    • C. (Discrepunguis) Guidetti & Bertolani, 2001
  • Famelobiotus Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2004
  • Insuetifurca Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
  • Macrobiotus C.A.S. Schultze, 1834
  • Minibiotus R.O. Schuster, 1980
  • Minilentus Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
  • Pseudodiphascon Ramazzotti, 1965 (genus dubium)
  • Pseudohexapodibius Bertolani & Biserov, 1996
  • Xerobiotus Bertolani & Biserov, 1996
• Murrayinae Guidetti, Rebecchi and Bertolani, 2000
  • Dactylobiotus Schuster, 1980
  • Macroversum Pilato and Catanzaro, 1989
  • Murrayon Bertolani and Pilato, 1989

Macrobiotidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Eutardigrada
Order:	Parachaela
Superfamily:	Macrobiotoidea
Family:	Macrobiotidae Thulin, 1928

The genera Adorybiotus and Richtersius were transferred from Macrobiotidae to a new family, Richtersiidae, in 2016.[1][5]

References

1. Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (15 October 2017). "Actual checklist of Tardigrada species". Archived from the original on 3 March 2018.
2. Peter Dockrill: We Just Found Another Trick Tardigrades Use to Be Basically Indestructible, on: science^alert, 14 Oct 2020
3. Lorena Rebecchi et al.: Resistance of the anhydrobiotic eutardigrade Paramacrobiotus richtersi to space flight (LIFE-TARSE mission on FOTON-M3). In: Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49; 21 April 2011; pp. 98-103; doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00606.x.
4. George Dvorsky: Newly Discovered Glowing Tardigrade Is Weirdly Resistant to Lethal Doses of UV Radiation. On: Gizmodo. 14 Oct 2020. About "Paramacrobiotus BLR" species glowing blue in UV.
5. Guidetti, Roberto; Rebecchi, Lorena; Bertolani, Roberto; Jönsson, Kjell Ingemar; Møbjerg Kristensen, Reinhardt; Cesari, Michele (December 2016). "Morphological and molecular analyses on Richtersius (Eutardigrada) diversity reveal its new systematic position and lead to the establishment of a new genus and a new family within Macrobiotoidea". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 178 (4): 834–845. doi:10.1111/zoj.12428.