More than one thousand Tardigrada species were included in the published checklist
(Guidetti, R. & Bertolani, R. 2005. Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa …

This review synthesizes recent developments in the field of tardigrade biogeography, tracing
back to the origins of Baas Becking's hypothesis that 'everything is everywhere but the …

Incomplete descriptions of nominal taxa are one of the most significant obstacles in modern
taxonomy, including the taxonomy of Tardigrada. Another major problem in tardigrade …

There is ample evidence that macroscopic animals form geographic clusters termed as
zoogeographic realms, whereas distributions of species of microscopic animals are still …

Ranges of tardigrade intraspecific and interspecific variability are not precisely defined, both
in terms of morphology and genetics, rendering descriptions of new taxa a cumbersome …

Members of the genus Echiniscus CAS Schultze, 1840 are mostly unisexual, with
thelytokously reproducing females. Therefore, every newly described dioecious species in …

Echiniscidae are undoubtedly the most thoroughly studied lineage of the class
Heterotardigrada. Recently, new subfamilies and tribes grouping echiniscid genera based …

Tardigrades constitute a micrometazoan phylum usually considered as taxonomically
challenging and therefore difficult for biogeographic analyses. The genus Pseudechiniscus …

setaceus sp. nov., E. similaris sp. nov., E. tetraspinosus sp. nov., Hypechiniscus africanus sp.
nov.(the exarmatus group), Pseudechiniscus (Pseudechiniscus) aquatilis sp. nov., P.(P.) …

This paper is the fifth monograph of the series that describes the global records of limno-
terrestrial water bears (Tardigrada). Here, we provide a comprehensive list of non-marine …