MarBEF Data System - ERMS

ERMS taxon details

Parachela

AphiaID

342486 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342486)

Classification

Authority

Schuster, Nelson, Grigarick & Christenberry, 1980

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Eutardigrada

Direct children (3)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Superfamily Hypsibioidea Pilato, 1969 in Marley et al., 2011
Superfamily Isohypsibioidea Sands, McInnes, Marley, Goodall-Copestake, Convey & Linse, 2008
Superfamily Macrobiotoidea Thulin, 1928 in Marley et al., 2011

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Schuster, R. O., Nelson, D. R., Grigarick, A. A., & Christenberry, D. (1980). Systematic criteria of the Eutardigrada. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 284-303., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226004 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Parachela. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342486 on 2026-08-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Parachela. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342486 on 2026-08-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-04-08 08:47:14Z

created

Decock, Wim

2015-03-27 10:55:28Z

changed

Guidetti, Roberto

Licensing

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original description Schuster, R. O., Nelson, D. R., Grigarick, A. A., & Christenberry, D. (1980). Systematic criteria of the Eutardigrada. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 284-303., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226004 [details] Available for editors

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parachela)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parachela)