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Macrobiotidae

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Macrobiotidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Eutardigrada
Order: Parachela
Superfamily: Macrobiotoidea
Family: Macrobiotidae
Thulin, 1928[1]
Type genus
Macrobiotus
C.A.S. Schultze, 1834

Macrobiotidae is a family of tardigrade. As of 2023, it consists of the following genera:[2]

The genera Adorybiotus and Richtersius were transferred from Macrobiotidae to a new family, Richtersiidae, in 2016.[2][6]

References

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  1. ^ Thulin, Gustav (1928). "Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden". Hereditas. 11 (2–3): 207–266. doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1928.tb02488.x.
  2. ^ a b Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto. "Actual checklist of Tardigrada species" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  3. ^ Dockrill, Peter (2020-10-14). "We Just Found Another Trick Tardigrades Use to Be Basically Indestructible". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  4. ^ Lorena Rebecchi et al.: Resistance of the anhydrobiotic eutardigrade Paramacrobiotus richtersi to space flight (LIFE-TARSE mission on FOTON-M3). In: Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49; 21 April 2011; pp. 98–103; doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00606.x.
  5. ^ Dvorsky, George (2020-10-14). "New Fluorescent Tardigrade Is Weirdly Resistant to UV Radiation". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  6. ^ Guidetti, Roberto; Rebecchi, Lorena; Bertolani, Roberto; Jönsson, Kjell Ingemar; Møbjerg Kristensen, Reinhardt; Cesari, Michele (December 2016). "Morphological and molecular analyses on Richtersius (Eutardigrada) diversity reveal its new systematic position and lead to the establishment of a new genus and a new family within Macrobiotoidea". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 178 (4): 834–845. doi:10.1111/zoj.12428. hdl:11380/1116627.