Novechiniscus armadilloides

Novechiniscus armadilloides is a species of terrestrial tardigrade. It is the only species of the genus Novechiniscus, which belongs to the family Echiniscidae.^[1][2] The species is endemic to the United States in the state of Utah.^[3]

Novechiniscus armadilloides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Heterotardigrada
Order:	Echiniscoidea
Family:	Echiniscidae
Genus:	Novechiniscus Kristensen, 1987
Species:	N. armadilloides
Binomial name
Novechiniscus armadilloides (Schuster, 1975)
Synonyms
Parechiniscus armadilloides Schuster, 1975

The species was first described by Robert O. Schuster in 1975 as Parechiniscus armadilloides.^[2] It was placed in its own genus Novechiniscus by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen in 1987.

References

1. Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
2. Novechiniscus armadilloides (Schuster, 1975). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
3. Rebecchi Altiero, Eibye-Jacobsen, Bertolani & Kristensen, 2008 : A new discovery of Novechiniscus armadilloides (Schuster, 1975) (Tardigrada, Echiniscidae) from Utah, USA with considerations on non-marine Heterotardigrada phylogeny and biogeography. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, vol. 8, no 1, p. 58–65.

Further reading

• Kristensen, 1987 : Generic revision of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada), with a discussion of the origin of the family. Collana U.Z.I. Selected Symposia and Monographs, no. 1, p. 261-335.
• Schuster, 1975 : A new species of Parechiniscus from Utah (Tardigrada: Echiniscidae). Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia Dott. Marco de Marchi, vol. 32 suppl., p. 333-336.

Data related to Novechiniscus armadilloides at Wikispecies