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Minibiotus

Minibiotus is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Macrobiotidae.

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Minibiotus
Minibiotus formosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Eutardigrada
Order: Parachela
Family: Macrobiotidae
Genus: Minibiotus
Schuster, 1980

Minibiotus is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Macrobiotidae.1

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.1

Species

Species:12

  • Minibiotus acontistus (de Barros, 1942)
  • Minibiotus aculeatus (Murray, 1910)
  • Minibiotus africanus Binda & Pilato, 1995
  • Minibiotus allani (Murray, 1913)
  • Minibiotus aquatilis Claxton, 1998
  • Minibiotus asteris Claxton, 1998
  • Minibiotus bernhardi R. Schuster, 2021
  • Minibiotus bisoctus (Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978)
  • Minibiotus citlalium Dueñas-Cedillo & García-Román, 2020
  • Minibiotus claxtonae Rossi, Claps & Ardohain, 2009
  • Minibiotus constellatus Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2003
  • Minibiotus continuus Pilato & Lisi, 2006
  • Minibiotus crassidens (Murray, 1907)
  • Minibiotus decrescens Binda & Pilato, 1995
  • Minibiotus diphasconides (Iharos, 1969)
  • Minibiotus diversus Ciobanu, Roszkowska & Kaczmarek, 2015
  • Minibiotus eichhorni Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2004
  • Minibiotus ethelae Claxton, 1998
  • Minibiotus fallax Pilato, Claxton & Binda, 1989
  • Minibiotus floriparus Claxton, 1998
  • Minibiotus formosus Zawierucha, Dziamięcki, Jakubowska, Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2014
  • Minibiotus furcatus (Ehrenberg, 1859)
  • Minibiotus granatai (Pardi, 1941)
  • Minibiotus gumersindoi Guil & Guidetti, 2005
  • Minibiotus harrylewisi Meyer & Hinton, 2009
  • Minibiotus hispidus Claxton, 1998
  • Minibiotus hufelandioides (Murray, 1910)
  • Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1888)
  • Minibiotus ioculator Stec, Kristensen & Michalczyk, 2020
  • Minibiotus jonesorum Meyer, Lyons, Nelson & Hinton, 2011
  • Minibiotus julietae (de Barros, 1942)
  • Minibiotus keppelensis Claxton, 1998
  • Minibiotus lazzaroi (Maucci, 1986)
  • Minibiotus maculartus Pilato & Claxton, 1988
  • Minibiotus marcusi (de Barros, 1942)
  • Minibiotus milleri Claxton, 1998
  • Minibiotus orthofasciatus Fontoura, Pilato, Lisi & Morais, 2009
  • Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño, Daza, Lisi & Quiroga, 2017
  • Minibiotus pilatus Claxton, 1998
  • Minibiotus poricinctus Claxton, 1998
  • Minibiotus pseudofurcatus (Pilato, 1972)
  • Minibiotus pseudostellarus Roszkowska, Stec, Ciobanu & Kaczmarek, 2016
  • Minibiotus pustulatus (Ramazzotti, 1959)
  • Minibiotus ramazzottii Binda & Pilato, 1992
  • Minibiotus scopulus Claxton, 1998
  • Minibiotus sidereus Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2003
  • Minibiotus spertii (Ramazzotti, 1957)
  • Minibiotus stuckenbergi (Dastych, Ryan & Watkins, 1990)
  • Minibiotus subintermedius (Ramazzotti, 1962)
  • Minibiotus taiti Claxton, 1998
  • Minibiotus vinciguerrae Binda & Pilato, 1992
  • Minibiotus weglarskae Michalczyk, Kaczmarek & Claxton, 2005
  • Minibiotus weinerorum (Dastych, 1984)
  • Minibiotus wuzhishanensis Li, Wang & Wang, 2008
  • Minibiotus xavieri Fontoura, Pilato, Morais & Lisi, 2009
References

References

  1. "Minibiotus Schuster, 1980". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. Guidetti R, McInnes SJ, Kristensen RM, eds. (2026). "Minibiotus R.O. Schuster, 1980". World List of Tardigrada. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 7, 2026.