Paramacrobiotus

Paramacrobiotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Eutardigrada
Order:	Parachela
Family:	Macrobiotidae
Genus:	Paramacrobiotus; Guidetti, Schill, Bertolani, Dandekar & Wolf, 2009
Type species
	Paramacrobiotus richtersi; (Murray, 1911)

Paramacrobiotus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Macrobiotidae. It contains 42 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

Paramacrobiotus contains the following species:

Paramacrobiotus alekseevi (Tumanov, 2005)
Paramacrobiotus arduus Guidetti, Cesari, Bertolani, Altiero & Rebecchi, 2019
Paramacrobiotus areolatus (Murray, 1907)
Paramacrobiotus celsus Guidetti, Cesari, Bertolani, Altiero & Rebecchi, 2019
Paramacrobiotus centesimus (Pilato, 2000)
Paramacrobiotus chieregoi (Maucci & Durante Pasa, 1980)
Paramacrobiotus corgatensis (Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2002)
Paramacrobiotus csotiensis (Iharos, 1966)
Paramacrobiotus danielae (Pilato, Binda, Napolitano & Moncada, 2001)
Paramacrobiotus danielisae (Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2006)
Paramacrobiotus depressus Guidetti, Cesari, Bertolani, Altiero & Rebecchi, 2019
Paramacrobiotus derkai (Degma, Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2008)
Paramacrobiotus experimentalis Kaczmarek, Mioduchowska, Poprawa & Roszkowska, 2020
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi Schill, Förster, Dandekar & Wolf, 2010
Paramacrobiotus filipi Dudziak, Stec & Michalczyk, 2020
Paramacrobiotus garynahi (Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Diduszko, 2005)
Paramacrobiotus gerlachae (Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2004)
Paramacrobiotus halei (Bartels, Pilato, Lisi & Nelson, 2009)
Paramacrobiotus hapukuensis (Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2006)
Paramacrobiotus huziori (Mihalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2006)
Paramacrobiotus intii Kaczmarek, Cytan, Zawierucha, Diduszko & Michalczyk, 2014
Paramacrobiotus kenianus Schill, Förster, Dandekar & Wolf, 2010
Paramacrobiotus klymenki Pilato, Kiosya, Lisi & Sabella, 2012
Paramacrobiotus lachowskae Stec, Roszkowska, Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2018
Paramacrobiotus lorenae (Biserov, 1996)
Paramacrobiotus magdalenae (Mihalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2006)
Paramacrobiotus metropolitanus Sugiura, Matsumoto & Kunieda, 2022
Paramacrobiotus palaui Schill, Förster, Dandekar & Wolf, 2010
Paramacrobiotus peteri (Pilato, Claxton & Binda, 1989)
Paramacrobiotus pius Lisi, Binda & Pilato, 2016
Paramacrobiotus priviterae (Binda, Pilato, Moncada & Napolitano, 2001)
Paramacrobiotus richtersi (Murray, 1911)
Paramacrobiotus rioplatensis (Claps & Rossi, 1997)
Paramacrobiotus sagani Daza, Caicedo, Lisi & Quiroga, 2017
Paramacrobiotus savai (Binda & Pilato, 2001)
Paramacrobiotus sklodowskae (Michalczyk, Kaczmarek & Węglarska, 2006)
Paramacrobiotus spatialis Guidetti, Cesari, Bertolani, Altiero & Rebecchi, 2019
Paramacrobiotus spinosus Kaczmarek, Gawlak, Bartels, Nelson & Roszkowska, 2017
Paramacrobiotus submorulatus (Iharos, 1966)
Paramacrobiotus tonollii (Ramazzotti, 1956)
Paramacrobiotus vanescens (Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991)
Paramacrobiotus walteri (Biserov, 1998)

References

1 2 Guidetti R, McInnes SJ, Kristensen RM, eds. (2026). "Paramacrobiotus Guidetti, Schill, Bertolani, Dandekar & Wolf, 2009". World List of Tardigrada. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-08-29.
↑ Kaczmarek, Łukasz; Gawlak, Magdalena; Bartels, Paul J.; Nelson, Diane R.; Roszkowska, Milena (December 2017). "Revision of the Genus Paramacrobiotus Guidetti et al ., 2009 with the Description of a New Species, Re-Descriptions and a Key". Annales Zoologici. 67 (4): 627–656. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.4.001.

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[worms-1] 1 2 Guidetti R, McInnes SJ, Kristensen RM, eds. (2026). "Paramacrobiotus Guidetti, Schill, Bertolani, Dandekar & Wolf, 2009". World List of Tardigrada. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-08-29.

[kaczmarek-2] Kaczmarek, Łukasz; Gawlak, Magdalena; Bartels, Paul J.; Nelson, Diane R.; Roszkowska, Milena (December 2017). "Revision of the Genus Paramacrobiotus Guidetti et al ., 2009 with the Description of a New Species, Re-Descriptions and a Key". Annales Zoologici. 67 (4): 627–656. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.4.001.