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

Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontoura, 1982

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Fontoura, A. P. (1982). Two species of muscicolous Tardigrada new for Portugal [Echiniscus (Bryodelphax) mateusi, Echiniscus (Echiniscus) scabrospinosus, taxonomic morphology]. Publicacoes-Universidade do Porto, Instituto de Zoologia Dr. Augusto Nobre.
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	Pilato, G.; Fontoura, P.; Lisi, O.; Beasley, C. (2008). New description of Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontoura, 1982, and description of a new species of Echiniscus (Heterotardigrada) from China. Zootaxa. 1856, 41–54 and Zootaxa, 1931, 68.

Genbank

Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontoura, 1982. 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:343009

Sandra J. McInnes. Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontoura, 1982. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bdab1032-4051-4b67-89cf-a28b31b35446