Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Tardigrada > Class Heterotardigrada > Order Echiniscoidea > Family Echiniscidae > Genus Echiniscus

Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echiniscus*	C.A.S. Schultze, 1840	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Emydium testudo*	Doyère, 1840	synonym

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Degma, P.; Bertolani, R.; Guidetti, R. (2009-2016). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. (Assessed 10/02/2017) pp. 46.
redescription	Gąsiorek, P., Stec, D., Morek, W., & Michalczyk, Ł. (2017). An integrative redescription of Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for the class Heterotardigrada (Ecdysozoa: Panarthropoda: Tardigrada). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 270, 107-122.

Genbank

Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840). 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:343024

Sandra J. McInnes. Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/dc923a99-c03e-4ff5-8da5-f6058ef71ec2