Echiniscoides hoepneri Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Echiniscoides hoepneri Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
- Name authority
- Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Class
- Heterotardigrada
- Order
- Echiniscoidea
- Family
- Echiniscoididae
- Genus
- Echiniscoides
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumTardigrada Doyère, 1840
- classHeterotardigrada Marcus, 1927
- orderEchiniscoidea Richters, 1926
- familyEchiniscoididae Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
- subfamilyEchiniscoidinae Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
- genusEchiniscoides Plate, 1889
- speciesEchiniscoides hoepneri Kristensen & Hallas, 1980
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=155355 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38FWQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.