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Tardigrada (Water Bears or Moss Piglets)

 

Class: Eutardigrada

Order: Parachela

Family: Macrobiotiidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Diaforobiotus hyperonyx (Maucci, 1982) - (rediscovered) Sella Group (mountains), Dolomites, Italy Rediscovered Access

 

 

 

Class: Heterotardigrada

Order: Echiniscoidea

Family: Echiniscidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Echiniscus macronyx Richters, 1907   (rediscovered) South Georgia, South Atlantic Rediscovered Access

 

 

 

Class: Mesotardigrada (taxon inquirendum)

Order: Thermozodia

Family: Thermozodiidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Thermozodium esakii Rahm, 1937 - 1937 hot spring near Nagasaki, Japan Extinct if valid Access

 

 

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