Hypsibius

Hypsibius is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.

Genome sequencing
The genome of Hypsibius dujardini has been sequenced. Hypsibius dujardini has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cultured indefinitely and cryopreserved. This sequenced strain has been redesignated Hypsibius exemplaris since 2018.

Species
The genus includes the following species:


 * Hypsibius allisoni Horning, Schuster and Grigarick, 1978
 * Hypsibius americanus (Packard, 1873)
 * Hypsibius antonovae (Biserov 1990)
 * Hypsibius arcticus (Murray 1907)
 * Hypsibius biscuitiformis Bartos, 1960
 * Hypsibius calcaratus Bartos, 1935
 * Hypsibius camelopardalis Ramazzotti and Maucci, 1983
 * Hypsibius conifer Mihelcic, 1938
 * Hypsibius convergens (Urbanowicz, 1925)
 * Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840)
 * Hypsibius exemplaris (Gąsiorek, 2018)
 * Hypsibius fuhrmanni (Heinis, 1914)
 * Hypsibius giusepperamazzotti Sudzuki, 1975
 * Hypsibius heardensis Miller, McInnes and Bergstrom, 2005
 * Hypsibius hypostomus Bartos, 1935
 * Hypsibius iharosi Bartos, 1941
 * Hypsibius janetscheki Ramazzotti 1968
 * Hypsibius klebelsbergi Mihelcic 1959
 * Hypsibius macrocalcaratus Beasley, 1988
 * Hypsibius maculatus Iharos, 1969
 * Hypsibius marcelli Pilato, 1990
 * Hypsibius microps Thulin, 1928
 * Hypsibius morikawai Ito, 1995
 * Hypsibius multituberculatus Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2003
 * Hypsibius novaezeelandiae Pilato and Binda, 1997
 * Hypsibius pachyunguis Maucci, 1996
 * Hypsibius pallidus Thulin, 1911
 * Hypsibius pedrottii Bertolani, Manicardi and Gibertoni, 1987
 * Hypsibius pradellii Bertolani and Rebecchi, 1996
 * Hypsibius ragonesei Binda and Pilato, 1985
 * Hypsibius roanensis Nelson and McGlothlin, 1993
 * Hypsibius runae Bartos, 1941
 * Hypsibius scaber Maucci, 1987
 * Hypsibius scabropygus Cuénot, 1929
 * Hypsibius septulatus Pilato, Binda, Napolitano and Moncada, 2004
 * Hypsibius seychellensis Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2006
 * Hypsibius simoizumii Sudzuki, 1964
 * Hypsibius stiliferus Abe, 2004
 * Hypsibius thaleri Dastych, 2004
 * Hypsibius vaskelae Tumanov
 * Hypsibius zetlandicus (Murray, 1907)