North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Echiniscus C.A.S. Schultze, 1840

AphiaID

342562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342562)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840)

Parent

Echiniscidae Thulin, 1928

Direct children (14)

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Species Echiniscus blumi Richters, 1903
Species Echiniscus canadensis Murray, 1910
Species Echiniscus granulatus (Doyère, 1840)
Species Echiniscus lichenorum Maucci, 1983
Species Echiniscus merokensis Richters, 1904
Species Echiniscus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902
Species Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontoura, 1982
Species Echiniscus spinulosus (Doyère, 1840)
Species Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840)
Species Echiniscus trisetosus Cuénot, 1932
Species Echiniscus mediantus Marcus, 1930 accepted as Echiniscus blumi blumi Richters, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Echiniscus multispinosus da Cunha, 1944 accepted as Diploechiniscus oihonnae (Richters, 1903) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Echiniscus oihonnae Richters, 1903 accepted as Diploechiniscus oihonnae (Richters, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Echiniscus punctulatus Mihelcic, 1955 accepted as Echiniscus canadensis Murray, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Schultze, K. A. S. (1840). Echiniscus bellermanni, animal crustaceum, Macrobioto hufelandii affine. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Echiniscus C.A.S. Schultze, 1840. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342562 on 2026-10-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Echiniscus C.A.S. Schultze, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=342562 on 2026-10-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-04-08 10:55:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2017-02-13 07:40:11Z

changed

Guidetti, Roberto

2017-02-14 06:28:26Z

changed

Guidetti, Roberto

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original description Schultze, K. A. S. (1840). Echiniscus bellermanni, animal crustaceum, Macrobioto hufelandii affine. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

additional source Gasiorek, P., Stec, D., Morek, W., & Michalczyk, L. (2017). An integrative redescription of Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for the class Heterotardigrada (Ecdysozoa: Panarthropoda: Tardigrada). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 270, 107-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.09.006 [details] Available for editors

additional source Gasiorek, P.; Bochnak, M.; Voncina, K.; Michalczyk, L. (2021). Phenotypically exceptional Echiniscus species (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from Argentina (Neotropics). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 294: 210-228., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2021.08.003 [details] Available for editors

Definitions

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