Tardigrade Key

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Echiniscus

From Schultze 1840: “The body ovate-elongated, with armor plates, in

Hypechiniscus

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

Testechiniscus

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

Bryochoerus

From Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983 (tr. Beasley 1995): Median plates

Novechiniscus

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

Bryodelphax

From Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983 (tr. Beasley 1995): The median