Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Tardigrada > Class Heterotardigrada > Order Arthrotardigrada

Halechiniscidae Thulin, 1928

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dipodarctinae Pollock, 1995
Euclavarctinae Renaud-Mornant, 1983
Florarctinae Renaud-Mornant, 1982
Halechiniscinae (Thulin, 1928)
Hemitanarctus de Zio Grimaldi, d'Addabbo Gallo, Morone de Lucia & Troccoli, 1996
Orzeliscinae (Schulz, 1963)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ハナクマムシ科

Literature

original description	Thulin, G. (1928). Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden. Hereditas. 11(2-3): 207-266.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tardigrada, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 236
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Fujimoto, S., Jørgensen, A. & Hansen, J.G. (2016) A molecular approach to arthrotardigrade phylogeny (Heterotardigrada, Tardigrada). Zoologica Scripta, doi:10.1111/zsc.12221

Genbank

Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Halechiniscidae Thulin, 1928. 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:136625