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Tardigrade Key

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

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

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

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

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

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

Antechiniscus, from Kristensen 1987: Echiniscidae with black eyes, unflexible buccal

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

Acanthechiniscus, from Vecchi et al. 2016: “Echiniscid with pseudosegmental cuticular plate. Black

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