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Eohypsibiidae Bertolani and Kristensen

Description

Family: Eohypsibiidae, Bertolani and Kristensen

Diagnosis. Eohypsibioidea. Eohypsibiidae-type claws, which are clearly delineated by septa, in linear order, from basal section, secondary branch and primary branch. The angle between basal section, secondary branch and primary branches are different between claws on the same leg and the internal claw can rotate on its base by 180°.

Type genus. Eohypsibius Kristensen, 1982.

Composition. Eohypsibius and Bertolanius Özdikmen, 2008.

Etymology. Familial name derived from the type genus Eohypsibius.

Notes

Published as part of Marley, Nigel J., Mcinnes, Sandra J. & Sands, Chester J., 2011, Phylum Tardigrada: A re-evaluation of the Parachela, pp. 51-64 in Zootaxa 2819 on page 58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201757

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Eohypsibiidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Parachela
Phylum
Tardigrada
Scientific name authorship
Bertolani and Kristensen
Taxon rank
family

References

  • Kristensen, R. M. (1982) The first record of cyclomorphosis in Tardigrada based on a new genus and species from Arctic meiobenthos. Zeitschrift Fur Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 20, 249 - 270.
  • Ozdikmen, H. (2008) Bertolanius nom. Nov., a replacement name for the genus Amphibolus Bertolani, 1981 (Tardigrada: Parachela) with type species designation. Munis Entomology and Zoology, 3, 330 - 332.