NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Macrobiotinae
  Family - Macrobiotidae
  Order - Parachela
  Class - Eutardigrada
  Phylum - Tardigrada
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Minibiotus aculeatus
      Species - Minibiotus aquatilis
      Species - Minibiotus africanus
      Species - Minibiotus asteris
      Species - Minibiotus bisoctus
      Species - Minibiotus costellatus
      Species - Minibiotus decrescens
      Species - Minibiotus diphasconides
      Species - Minibiotus ethelae
      Species - Minibiotus fallax
      Species - Minibiotus floriparus
      Species - Minibiotus furcatus
      Species - Minibiotus hispidus
      Species - Minibiotus hufelandioides
      Species - Minibiotus intermedius
      Species - Minibiotus keppelensis
      Species - Minibiotus julietae
      Species - Minibiotus lazzaroi
      Species - Minibiotus maculartus
      Species - Minibiotus marcusi
      Species - Minibiotus milleri
      Species - Minibiotus pilatus
      Species - Minibiotus poricinctus
      Species - Minibiotus pseudofurcatus
      Species - Minibiotus pustulatus
      Species - Minibiotus ramazzottii
      Species - Minibiotus scopulus
      Species - Minibiotus sidereus
      Species - Minibiotus striatus
      Species - Minibiotus stuckenbergi
      Species - Minibiotus subintermedius
      Species - Minibiotus subjulietae
      Species - Minibiotus taiti
      Species - Minibiotus vinciguerrae
      Species - Minibiotus weinerorum
      Species - Minibiotus gumersindoi
      Species - Minibiotus weglarskae
      Species - Minibiotus continuus
      Species - Minibiotus eichhorni