Itaquascon

Itaquascon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Eutardigrada
Order:	Parachela
Family:	Hypsibiidae
Genus:	Itaquascon De Barros, 1939
Species
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Itaquascon is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada.

Species

• Itaquascon biserovi Pilato, Binda and Moncada, 1999
• Itaquascon cambewarrense Pilato, Binda and Claxton, 2002
• Itaquascon enckelli (Mihelcic, 1971)
• Itaquascon globuliferum Abe and Ito, 1994
• Itaquascon mongolicus Kaczmarek, Michalczyk and Wêglarska, 2002
• Itaquascon pawlowskii Wêglarska, 1973
• Itaquascon placophorum Maucci 1973
• Itaquascon simplex (Mihelcic 1971)
• Itaquascon umbellinae De Barros, 1939
• Itaquascon unguiculum Pilato, Binda and Claxton, 2002

References

Lizhi Wang. (2009) Tardigrades from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau (China) with description of two new species in the genera Mixibius (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) and Pseudechiniscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae). Journal of Natural History 43:41-42, pages 2553-2570.

Hongqun Li, Xiaochen Li. (2008) Two new species of Hypsibiidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada) from China. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121:1, pages 41–48.