Echiniscoides

Echiniscoides is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscoididae.^[1] It was named and described by Ludwig Hermann Plate in 1888.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Echiniscoides:^[2]

Echiniscoides andamanensis Chang & Rho, 1998
Echiniscoides basalticus Gasiorek & Kristensen, 2022
Echiniscoides bruni M.Gallo D'Addabbo, de Zio Grimaldi, Morone De Lucia & Troccoli, 1992
Echiniscoides bufocephalus Gasiorek & Kristensen, 2022
Echiniscoides costaricensis Bartels & Fontoura, 2021
Echiniscoides galliensis Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
Echiniscoides groenlandicus Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
Echiniscoides hispaniensis Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
Echiniscoides hoepneri Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
Echiniscoides lichenophilus Gasiorek & Kristensen, 2022
Echiniscoides mediterranicus Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
Echiniscoides musa Gasiorek & Kristensen, 2022
Echiniscoides polynesiensis Renaud-Mornant, 1976
Echiniscoides porphyrae de Zio Grimaldi, M.Gallo D'Addabbo & Pietanza, 2000
Echiniscoides ritavargasae Bartels, Fontoura, Mioduchowska & Kaczmarek, 2021
Echiniscoides rugostellatus Perry, Rawson, Ameral & J.D.Miller, 2018
Echiniscoides sigismundi (M.Schultze, 1865)
Echiniscoides travei Bellido & Bertrand, 1981
Echiniscoides trichosus Gasiorek & Kristensen, 2022
Echiniscoides verrucariae de Zio Grimaldi, M.Gallo D'Addabbo & Pietanza, 2000
Echiniscoides wyethi Perry & Miller, 2015

^ Degma; Bertolani; Guidetti (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
^ "Echiniscoides Plate, 1889". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 January 2025.