Macrobiotus
Macrobiotus is a genus of tardigrade consisting of about 100 species.[1]
| Macrobiotus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Parachaela |
| Family: | Macrobiotidae |
| Genus: | Macrobiotus C.A.S. Schultze, 1834 |
| Type species | |
| Macrobiotus hufelandi C.A.S. Schultze, 1834 | |
Species include:[2]
- Macrobiotus anemone, USA
- Macrobiotus hufelandi C.A.S. Schultze, 1834 (type species)[3]
- Macrobiotus kristenseni
- Macrobiotus naskreckii, Mozambique
- Macrobiotus patagonicus, Argentina
- Macrobiotus paulinae, Africa
- Macrobiotus polypiformis, South America
- Macrobiotus scoticus
- Macrobiotus shonaicus Stec et al., 2018, Japan
References
- Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (15 October 2017). "Actual checklist of Tardigrada species". Archived from the original on 3 March 2018.
- Daniel Stec, Kazuharu Arakawa, Łukasz Michalczyk: An integrative description of Macrobiotus shonaicus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Japan with notes on its phylogenetic position within the hufelandi group. On: PLOS ONE. Published: February 28, 2018. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192210. See also:
- George Dvorsky: New Species of Tardigrade Discovered in Japanese Parking Lot. On: Gizmodo. 28 Feb 2018
- Macrobiotus hufelandi C.A.S.Schultze, 1834. On: GBIF
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