Arctodiphascon
Description from: Tumanov DV, Tsvetkova AY. 2023. Some have drops and some do not, but can we rely on that? Re-investigation of Diphascon tenue (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada) with discussion of the phylogeny and taxonomy of the superfamily Hypsibioidea. Zoosystematica Rossica. 32 (1): 50–74. DOI 10.31610/zsr/2023.32.1.50 “Peribuccal structures consisted of six peribuccal lobes. AISM in shape of […]
Itaquasconidae
“Evidently, none of the large phylogenetic clades of Hypsibiidae can currently receive a comprehensive morphological diagnosis, moreover it is not possible to give a morphological diagnosis for the family Hypsibiidae itself, as there are no characters or sets of characters that can be considered as characterising exclusively this group. […]In this situation, molecular phylogenetic analysis […]
Hypsibius
Hypsibioidea from Pilato 1969 in Marley et al. 2011: “Parachela; claws asymmetrical (2121); Hypsibius-type claw pairs; AISM hooked (or, if the buccal tube is elongated, AISM can be broad ridges).” Hypsibioidea from Bertolani et al. 2014: “Double claws asymmetrical with respect to the median plane of the leg (2121), the external (or posterior) claw often […]