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  Order Parachela

Family Microhypsibiidae

    Genus Microhypsibius -- North America.
    Genus Fractonotus

Taxon Information

The Family Microhypsibiidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Microhypsibiidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical, Australasian, Pacific; 7 species in 5 genera worldwide, 5 Nearctic species in 2 genera] (Garey et al., 2008).

Bibliography

• Garey, J.R., S.J. McInnes & P.B. Nichols. 2008. Global diversity of tardigrades (Tardigrada) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 101-106. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Animal Diversity Web
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Synopsis of the Described Tardigrada of the World
• WikiSpecies
• Wikipedia
• World Register of Marine Species