Platicrista

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hypsibioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Tardigrada Classis: Eutardigrada Ordo: Parachela Superfamilia: Hypsibioidea

Familia: Hypsibiidae
Subfamilia: Itaquasconinae
Genus: Platicrista
Species: P. affine – P. angustata – P. borneensis – P. carpathica – P. cheleusis – P. horribilis – P. itaquasconoide – P. nivea – P. ramsayi

Name

Platicrista Pilato, 1987

Synonyms

• Platycrista Pilato, 1987

Type species

• Platicrista angustata Murray, 1905, by original designation.

References

cited sources

• Pilato,G., 1987. Revision of the genus Diphascon Plate, 1889, with remarks on the subfamily Itaquasconinae (Eutardigrada, Hypsobiidae). Biology of Tardigrades: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on the Tardigrada, Modena, September 3-5, 1985: 337–357.

other references

• Guidetti, R. & Bertolani, R. 2005. Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification. Zootaxa 845: 1–46. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.845.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Degma, P., Bertolani, R., Guidetti, R., 2010. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (Ver. 12: 16–04-2010). [1]
• Gąsiorek, Blagden, Morek & Michalczyk 2023. What is a ‘strong’ synapomorphy? Redescriptions of Murray’s type species and descriptions of new taxa challenge the systematics of Hypsibiidae (Eutardigrada: Parachela). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlad151. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad151 Reference page. 

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Platicrista – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Platicrista – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Platicrista Taxon details on Fauna Europaea