Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Tardigrada > Class Eutardigrada > Order Parachela > Superfamily Macrobiotoidea > Family Macrobiotidae > Genus Minibiotus

Minibiotus furcatus (Ehrenberg, 1859)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Macrobiotus C.A.S. Schultze, 1834

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Minibiotus*	R.O. Schuster, 1980	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
new combination reference	Stec, D., Vecchi, M., Calhim, S. & Michalczyk, Ł. (2021). New multilocus phylogeny reorganises the family Macrobiotidae (Eutardigrada) and unveils complex morphological evolution of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 160, 106987.
new combination reference	Bertolani, R., Guidetti, R., Marchioro, T., Altiero, T., Rebecchi, L. & Cesari, M. (2014) Phylogeny of Eutardigrada: New molecular data and their morphological support lead to the identification of new evolutionary lineages. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 76, 110–126.

Genbank

Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Minibiotus furcatus (Ehrenberg, 1859). 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:343435

Sandra J. McInnes. Minibiotus furcatus (Ehrenberg, 1859). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/27cba980-b1b7-4d4b-aee8-16f9d882d935