Echiniscidae

The Echiniscidae are a family of tardigrades, a phylum of water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animals. It is one of the four families in the order Echiniscoidea. The family was named by Gustav Thulin in 1928.

Genera
The family Echiniscidae consists of the following genera:


 * Acanthechiniscus Vecchi, Cesari, Bertolani, Jönsson, Rebecchi & Guidetti, 2016
 * Antechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
 * Bryochoerus Marcus, 1936
 * Bryodelphax Thulin, 1928
 * Cornechiniscus Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981
 * Diploechiniscus Vicente, Fontoura, Cesari, Rebecchi, Guidetti, Serrano & Bertolani, 2013
 * Echiniscus Schultze, 1840
 * Hypechiniscus Thulin, 1928
 * Mopsechiniscus Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944
 * Multipseudechiniscus Schulte Miller, 2011
 * Novechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
 * Parechiniscus Cuénot, 1987
 * Proechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
 * Pseudechiniscus Thulin, 1911
 * Testechiniscus Kristensen, 1987