Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Tardigrada > Class Eutardigrada

Parachela Schuster, Nelson, Grigarick & Christenberry, 1980

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Eohypsibioidea
Hypsibioidea Pilato, 1969 in Marley et al., 2011
Isohypsibioidea Sands, McInnes, Marley, Goodall-Copestake, Convey & Linse, 2008
Macrobiotoidea Thulin, 1928 in Marley et al., 2011
Necopinatidae
Parachelaincertaeseidae

Literature

original description	Schuster, R. O., Nelson, D. R., Grigarick, A. A., & Christenberry, D. (1980). Systematic criteria of the Eutardigrada. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 284-303.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Parachela. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342486

Sandra J. McInnes. Parachela Schuster, Nelson, Grigarick & Christenberry, 1980. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c81ac4b7-f4f6-4606-b992-a3f8ae0410c8