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

Echiniscus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Children

Echiniscus quadrispinosus brachyspinosa Bartos, 1934
Echiniscus quadrispinosus cribrosus J. Murray, 1907
Echiniscus quadrispinosus fissispinosus J. Murray, 1907

Literature

original description	Richters, F. (1902). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna der Umgebung von Frankfurt a. M. Erste Fortsetzung. [Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna of the vicinity of Frankfurt a. M. First continuation.]. Berichte der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 1902(2):3-21, Nachtrag:187-189, pls. 1-2.
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. Echiniscus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902. 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:342999

Sandra J. McInnes. Echiniscus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8518e1c7-1087-4219-a4ac-27d841cb89c0