Xerobiotus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macrobiotoidea
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: Macrobiotoidea

Familia: Macrobiotidae
Genus: Xerobiotus
Species: X. euxinus – X. pseudohufelandi – X. xerophilus

Name

Xerobiotus Bertolani & Biserov, 1996

Type species: Xerobiotus pseudohufelandi Iharos, 1966

References

Primary references

• Bertolani, R. & Biserov, V.I. 1996. Leg and Claw Adaptations in Soil Tardigrades, with Erection of Two New Genera of Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae: Pseudohexapodibius and Xerobiotus. Invertebrate Biology 115(4): 299–304. DOI: 10.2307/3227019, JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional 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). PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Xerobiotus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Xerobiotus Taxon details on Fauna Europaea