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

Echiniscus canadensis J. Murray, 1910

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Echiniscus punctulatus*	Mihelčič, 1955	synonym

Literature

original description	Murray, J. (1910). Part V. Tardigrada. In: Murray, J. (Ed.). British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9, under the command of Sir E.H. Shackleton, c.v.o., Reports on the Scientific Investigations. Biology Volume I. pp. 82–201.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Echiniscus canadensis Murray, 1910. 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:342905

Sandra J. McInnes. Echiniscus canadensis J. Murray, 1910. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/05bbfa0b-96a1-42b1-8f5d-7fef74abbb10