Parachela (tardigrade)
| Parachela Temporal range:
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| Hypsibius dujardini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Parachela |
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Parachela is an order of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada. Members of this order have existed for at least 72 million years, up to the present. The oldest known species are Beorn leggi and Aerobius dactylus.[2][3]
Superfamilies and families
[edit]The order includes the following superfamilies and families:[4]
- Family Doryphoribiida
- Superfamily Eohypsiboiidea
- Family Eohypsibiidae
- Superfamily Hypsibioidea
- Family Calohypsibiidae
- Family Hypsibiidae
- Family Microhypsibiidae
- Family Ramazzottiidae
- Superfamily Isohypsibioidea
- Family Halobiotidae
- Family Hexapodibiidae
- Family Isohypsibiidae
- Superfamily Macrobiotoidea
- Family Adorybiotidae
- Family †Beornidae
- Family Macrobiotidae
- Family Murrayidae
- Family Necopinatidae
- Family Richtersiusidae
References
[edit]- ^ Budd, G. (2001). "Tardigrades as 'Stem-Group Arthropods': The Evidence from the Cambrian Fauna". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 240 (3–4): 265–279. doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00034. ISSN 0044-5231.
- ^ Cooper, Kenneth W. (1964). "The First Fossil Tardigrade: Beorn Leggi Cooper, From Cretaceous Amber". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 71 (2): 41–48. doi:10.1155/1964/48418.
- ^ Mapalo, Marc A.; Wolfe, Joanna M.; Ortega-Hernández, Javier (2024-08-06). "Cretaceous amber inclusions illuminate the evolutionary origin of tardigrades". Communications Biology. 7 (1). doi:10.1038/s42003-024-06643-2. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 11303527.
- ^ Guidetti R, McInnes SJ, Kristensen RM, eds. (2026). "Parachela". World List of Tardigrada. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
External links
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