Tardigrade Key

Filters

Hypechiniscus

From Thulin 1928: “Echiniscidae with armor containing five median plates.

Testechiniscus

From Kristensen 1987: “Echiniscidae with black/brownish or ‘lipoid’ granular eyes;

Novechiniscus

From Kristensen 1987: “Echiniscidae with flexible buccal tube, pharyngeal bulb