Macrobiotidae
Macrobiotidae is a family of tardigrade. As of 2017, it consists of the following genera:[2]
- Mesobiotus Vecchi et al., 2016
 - Paramacrobiotus Guidetti et al., 2009[3][4][5]
 - Schusterius Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2006
 - Tenuibiotus Pilato & Lisi, 2011
 - Macrobiotinae Guidetti, Rebecchi and Bertolani, 2000
- Biserovus Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
 - Calcarobiotus Dastych, 1993
- C. (Calcarobiotus) Dastych, 1993
 - C. (Discrepunguis) Guidetti & Bertolani, 2001
 
 - Famelobiotus Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2004
 - Insuetifurca Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
 - Macrobiotus C.A.S. Schultze, 1834
 - Minibiotus R.O. Schuster, 1980
 - Minilentus Guidetti & Pilato, 2003
 - Pseudodiphascon Ramazzotti, 1965 (genus dubium)
 - Pseudohexapodibius Bertolani & Biserov, 1996
 - Xerobiotus Bertolani & Biserov, 1996
 
 - Murrayinae Guidetti, Rebecchi and Bertolani, 2000
- Dactylobiotus Schuster, 1980
 - Macroversum Pilato and Catanzaro, 1989
 - Murrayon Bertolani and Pilato, 1989
 
 
| Macrobiotidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Tardigrada | 
| Class: | Eutardigrada | 
| Order: | Parachela | 
| Superfamily: | Macrobiotoidea | 
| Family: | Macrobiotidae Thulin, 1928[1]  | 
| Type genus | |
| Macrobiotus C.A.S. Schultze, 1834  | |
The genera Adorybiotus and Richtersius were transferred from Macrobiotidae to a new family, Richtersiidae, in 2016.[2][6]
References
    
- Thulin, Gustav (1928). "Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden". Hereditas. 11 (2–3): 207–266. doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1928.tb02488.x.
 - Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (15 October 2017). "Actual checklist of Tardigrada species". Archived from the original on 3 March 2018.
 - Peter Dockrill: We Just Found Another Trick Tardigrades Use to Be Basically Indestructible, on: sciencealert, 14 Oct 2020
 - Lorena Rebecchi et al.: Resistance of the anhydrobiotic eutardigrade Paramacrobiotus richtersi to space flight (LIFE-TARSE mission on FOTON-M3). In: Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49; 21 April 2011; pp. 98–103; doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00606.x.
 - George Dvorsky: Newly Discovered Glowing Tardigrade Is Weirdly Resistant to Lethal Doses of UV Radiation. On: Gizmodo. 14 Oct 2020. About "Paramacrobiotus BLR" species glowing blue in UV.
 - Guidetti, Roberto; Rebecchi, Lorena; Bertolani, Roberto; Jönsson, Kjell Ingemar; Møbjerg Kristensen, Reinhardt; Cesari, Michele (December 2016). "Morphological and molecular analyses on Richtersius (Eutardigrada) diversity reveal its new systematic position and lead to the establishment of a new genus and a new family within Macrobiotoidea". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 178 (4): 834–845. doi:10.1111/zoj.12428.
 
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