Macrobiotidae
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Macrobiotidae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Tardigrada |
Class: | Eutardigrada |
Order: | Parachaela |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | Macrobiotidae Thulin, 1928 |
Macrobiotidae is a family of tardigrade. As of 2017, it consists of the following genera:[1]
- Vecchi et al., 2016
- Guidetti et al., 2009[2][3][4]
- Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2006
- Pilato & Lisi, 2011
- Guidetti, Rebecchi and Bertolani, 2000
- Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
- Calcarobiotus Dastych, 1993
- C. (Calcarobiotus) Dastych, 1993
- C. (Discrepunguis) Guidetti & Bertolani, 2001
- Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2004
- Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
- Macrobiotus C.A.S. Schultze, 1834
- Minibiotus R.O. Schuster, 1980
- Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
- Ramazzotti, 1965 (genus dubium)
- Bertolani & Biserov, 1996
- Bertolani & Biserov, 1996
- Guidetti, Rebecchi and Bertolani, 2000
- Schuster, 1980
- Pilato and Catanzaro, 1989
- Bertolani and Pilato, 1989
The genera and Richtersius were transferred from Macrobiotidae to a new family, Richtersiidae, in 2016.[1][5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (15 October 2017). "Actual checklist of Tardigrada species". Archived from the original on 3 March 2018.
- ^ Peter Dockrill: We Just Found Another Trick Tardigrades Use to Be Basically Indestructible, on: sciencealert, 14 Oct 2020
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Tardigrade families
- Parachaela
- Tardigrade stubs