TARDIGRADE KEY

Tardigrade Key
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Lateral cirri A
Armoured plates?
Any Paired Plates?
Segmental Plates Larger than intersegmental?
Pseudosegmental Plate Between Last Medial Plate And Terminal Plate?
Eye Colour?
Inner And Out Buccal Cirri Present?
Terminal/caudal Plate With Two Notches?
Cirrus A form
Trunk Appendages
Leg Sensory Structures
Serrated / Dented Cuff / Collar On Legs IV
Pharyngeal Bulb
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Hypechiniscus

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

Testechiniscus

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

Proechiniscus

From Kristensen 1987: “Echiniscidae with black eyes, flexible buccal canal,

Novechiniscus

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