Macrobiotidae
Family of tardigrades
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Macrobiotidae is a family of tardigrades.
| Macrobiotidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Parachela |
| Superfamily: | Macrobiotoidea |
| Family: | Macrobiotidae Thulin, 1928[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Macrobiotus C.A.S. Schultze, 1834 | |
Phylogeny
External phylogeny
According to a 2018 report using multiple morphological and molecular studies, the Macrobiotoidea are sister to the Hypsibioidea; both are eutardigrades.[2] The genera Adorybiotus and Richtersius were transferred from Macrobiotidae to a new family, Richtersiidae, in 2016.[3][4]
| Eutardigrada | |
Internal phylogeny
A 2021 phylogenetic analysis found that the genus Macrobiotus is monophyletic (a clade) but that the former genus Xerobiotus is wholly contained within Macrobiotus. A new genus, Sisubiotus, was created. The genus "Minibiotus" was seen to be paraphyletic with respect to Tenuibiotus and Paramacrobiotus.[5]
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Genera
As of 2023[update], the family Macrobiotidae consists of the following genera:[3]
- Biserovus Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
- Calcarobiotus Dastych, 1993
- C. (Calcarobiotus) Dastych, 1993
- C. (Discrepunguis) Guidetti & Bertolani, 2001
- Famelobiotus Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2004
- Insuetifurca Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
- Macrobiotus C.A.S. Schultze, 1834
- Mesobiotus Vecchi et al., 2016
- Minibiotus R.O. Schuster, 1980
- Minilentus Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
- Paramacrobiotus Guidetti et al., 2009[6][7][8]
- Pseudodiphascon Ramazzotti, 1965 (genus dubium)
- Pseudohexapodibius Bertolani & Biserov, 1996
- Schusterius Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2006
- Sisubiotus Stec, Vecchi, Calhim & Michalczyk, 2021
- Tenuibiotus Pilato & Lisi, 2011
- Xerobiotus Bertolani & Biserov, 1996
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