Milnesiidae is a family of tardigrades of the class Eutardigrada. It is the sole family in the order Apochela.[2] In 2019, Noemi Guil and colleagues proposed to promote the order Apochela to the new class Apotardigrada.[3]
Genera
The family consists of the following genera:
- Bergtrollus Dastych, 2011
- Limmenius Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978
- Milnesioides Claxton, 1999
- Milnesium Doyère, 1840
References
- ^ "Family Milnesiidae Ramazzotti 1962 (water bear)". PBDB.
- ^ "Milnesiidae Ramazzotti, 1962". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ Guil, Noemi; Jørgensen, Aslak; Kristensen, Reinhardt (2019). "An upgraded comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Tardigrada tree of life". Zoologica Scripta. 48 (1): 120–137. doi:10.1111/zsc.12321. ISSN 0300-3256.
External links
Data related to Milnesiidae at Wikispecies
