The Halechiniscidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1928.
Subfamilies and genera
They are divided into the following subfamilies and genera:
- Dipodarctinae <small>Pollock, 1995</small>
- Dipodarctus <small>Pollock, 1995</small>
- Euclavarctinae <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1983</small>
- Clavarctus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1983</small>
- Euclavarctus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1975</small>
- Exoclavarctus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1983</small>
- Moebjergarctus <small>Bussau, 1992</small>
- Parmursa <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1984</small>
- Proclavarctus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1983</small>
- Florarctinae <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1982</small>
- Florarctus <small>Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965</small>
- Ligiarctus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1982</small>
- Wingstrandarctus <small>Kristensen, 1984</small>
- Halechiniscinae <small>Thulin, 1928</small>
- Chrysoarctus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1984</small>
- Halechiniscus <small>Richters, 1908</small>
- Orzeliscinae <small>Schulz, 1963</small>
- Mutaparadoxipus <small>Gross, Miller & Hochberg, 2014</small>
- Opydorscus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1989</small>
- Orzeliscus <small>du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1952</small>
- Paradoxipus <small>Kristensen & Higgins, 1989</small>
- Quisarctinae <small>Fujimoto, 2015</small>
- Quisarctus <small>Fujimoto, 2015</small>
References
Further reading
- Thulin, ÃÂber die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden (On the Phylogeny and the System of Tardigrade). Hereditas (1928), no. 2/3, p. 207-266