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 …

The family Macrobiotidae is one of the most speciose and diverse groups among
tardigrades. Although there have been attempts to reconstruct the phylogeny of this family …

The genus Minibiotus is morphologically diverse, which may suggest its polyphyletic
character. However, scarce genetic data and often also the lack of detailed morphological …

The recent integrative revision of the family Macrobiotidae demonstrated monophyly of the
genus Macrobiotus and its complex, mosaic morphological evolution. Here, we analyse …

The phylum Tardigrada comprises~ 1400 described species that inhabit a wide range of
ecosystems throughout the globe. Tardigrades are generally considered taxonomically …

Abstract The genus Echiniscus CAS Schultze, 1840, one of the earliest established and
speciose tardigrade genera, has been hypothesized to be polyphyletic. Moreover, 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 …

Tardigrada is an invertebrate phylum that often constitutes a dominant micrometazoan group
on glaciers worldwide. We investigated tardigrades residing in surface ice above the …

In a moss and lichen sample collected on the Polish coast, a new population of Macrobiotus
sottilei was found. Given that the original description of M. sottilei was based solely on the …