Cornechiniscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Echiniscoidea
Family: Echiniscidae
Genus: Cornechiniscus
Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981.

Cornechiniscus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscidae.[1] It was named and described by Walter Maucci and Giuseppe Ramazzotti in 1981.

Species

The genus includes nine species:[1]

  • Cornechiniscus brachycornutus Maucci, 1987
  • Cornechiniscus ceratophorus (Maucci, 1973)
  • Cornechiniscus cornutus (Richters, 1907)
  • Cornechiniscus holmeni (Petersen, 1951)
  • Cornechiniscus lobatus (Ramazzotti, 1943)
  • Cornechiniscus madagascariensis Maucci, 1993
  • Cornechiniscus schrammi (Dastych, 1979)
  • Cornechiniscus subcornutus Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981
  • Cornechiniscus tibetanus (Maucci, 1979)

References

  1. 1 2 Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

Further reading

  • Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981 : Cornechiniscus gen. nov.: nuova posizione sistematica per i cosiddetti 'Pseudechiniscus gruppo cornutus', con descrizione di una nuova specie (Tardigrada, Echiniscidae). Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia Dott Marco de Marchi, vol. 39, p. 147-151.
  • Nomenclator Zoologicus info

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