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

Richtersius coronifer (Richters, 1903)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Richtersius*	Pilato & Binda, 1989	accepted genus name
*Adorybiotus*	auct.	misapplied name
*Richtersia*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Macrobiotus coronifer*	Richters, 1903	synonym

Literature

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	Stec, D.; Krzywański, Ł.; Arakawa, K.; Michalczyk, Ł. (2020). A new redescription of Richtersius coronifer, supported by transcriptome, provides resources for describing concealed species diversity within the monotypic genus Richtersius (Eutardigrada). Zoological Letters. 6(1).

Genbank

Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Richtersius coronifer (Richters, 1903). 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:343566

Sandra J. McInnes. Richtersius coronifer (Richters, 1903). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/874a7370-d370-44d6-ba03-4e34edf1bb6d