Echiniscoidea
Order of tardigrades
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Echiniscoidea is an order of tardigrades, a phylum of water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animals.[1][2] It was first described by Richters in 1926.[3]
| Echiniscoidea | |
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| Echiniscoides higginisi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Echiniscoidea |
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Families
The order Echiniscoidea consists of the following families:[2]
- Carphaniidae Binda & Kristensen, 1986
- Echiniscidae Thulin, 1928
- Echiniscoididae Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
- Oreellidae Ramazzotti, 1962
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