Minibiotus

Minibiotus
	Minibiotus formosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Eutardigrada
Order:	Parachela
Family:	Macrobiotidae
Genus:	Minibiotus; Schuster, 1980

Minibiotus is a genus of tardigrades belonging to the family Macrobiotidae.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

Species:

Minibiotus acontistus (de Barros, 1942)
Minibiotus aculeatus (Murray, 1910)
Minibiotus africanus Binda & Pilato, 1995
Minibiotus allani (Murray, 1913)
Minibiotus aquatilis Claxton, 1998
Minibiotus asteris Claxton, 1998
Minibiotus bernhardi R. Schuster, 2021
Minibiotus bisoctus (Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978)
Minibiotus citlalium Dueñas-Cedillo & García-Román, 2020
Minibiotus claxtonae Rossi, Claps & Ardohain, 2009
Minibiotus constellatus Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2003
Minibiotus continuus Pilato & Lisi, 2006
Minibiotus crassidens (Murray, 1907)
Minibiotus decrescens Binda & Pilato, 1995
Minibiotus diphasconides (Iharos, 1969)
Minibiotus diversus Ciobanu, Roszkowska & Kaczmarek, 2015
Minibiotus eichhorni Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2004
Minibiotus ethelae Claxton, 1998
Minibiotus fallax Pilato, Claxton & Binda, 1989
Minibiotus floriparus Claxton, 1998
Minibiotus formosus Zawierucha, Dziamięcki, Jakubowska, Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2014
Minibiotus furcatus (Ehrenberg, 1859)
Minibiotus granatai (Pardi, 1941)
Minibiotus gumersindoi Guil & Guidetti, 2005
Minibiotus harrylewisi Meyer & Hinton, 2009
Minibiotus hispidus Claxton, 1998
Minibiotus hufelandioides (Murray, 1910)
Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1888)
Minibiotus ioculator Stec, Kristensen & Michalczyk, 2020
Minibiotus jonesorum Meyer, Lyons, Nelson & Hinton, 2011
Minibiotus julietae (de Barros, 1942)
Minibiotus keppelensis Claxton, 1998
Minibiotus lazzaroi (Maucci, 1986)
Minibiotus maculartus Pilato & Claxton, 1988
Minibiotus marcusi (de Barros, 1942)
Minibiotus milleri Claxton, 1998
Minibiotus orthofasciatus Fontoura, Pilato, Lisi & Morais, 2009
Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño, Daza, Lisi & Quiroga, 2017
Minibiotus pilatus Claxton, 1998
Minibiotus poricinctus Claxton, 1998
Minibiotus pseudofurcatus (Pilato, 1972)
Minibiotus pseudostellarus Roszkowska, Stec, Ciobanu & Kaczmarek, 2016
Minibiotus pustulatus (Ramazzotti, 1959)
Minibiotus ramazzottii Binda & Pilato, 1992
Minibiotus scopulus Claxton, 1998
Minibiotus sidereus Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2003
Minibiotus spertii (Ramazzotti, 1957)
Minibiotus stuckenbergi (Dastych, Ryan & Watkins, 1990)
Minibiotus subintermedius (Ramazzotti, 1962)
Minibiotus taiti Claxton, 1998
Minibiotus vinciguerrae Binda & Pilato, 1992
Minibiotus weglarskae Michalczyk, Kaczmarek & Claxton, 2005
Minibiotus weinerorum (Dastych, 1984)
Minibiotus wuzhishanensis Li, Wang & Wang, 2008
Minibiotus xavieri Fontoura, Pilato, Morais & Lisi, 2009

References

1 2 3 "Minibiotus Schuster, 1980". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
↑ Guidetti R, McInnes SJ, Kristensen RM, eds. (2026). "Minibiotus R.O. Schuster, 1980". World List of Tardigrada. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 7, 2026.

[GBIF-1] 1 2 3 "Minibiotus Schuster, 1980". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[worms-2] Guidetti R, McInnes SJ, Kristensen RM, eds. (2026). "Minibiotus R.O. Schuster, 1980". World List of Tardigrada. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 7, 2026.