The Halechiniscidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1928.
Subfamilies and genera They are divided into the following subfamilies and genera: Dipodarctinae Pollock, 1995 Dipodarctus Pollock, 1995 Euclavarctinae Renaud-Mornant, 1983 Clavarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1983 Euclavarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1975 Exoclavarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1983 Moebjergarctus Bussau, 1992 Parmursa Renaud-Mornant, 1984 Proclavarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1983 Florarctinae Renaud-Mornant, 1982 Florarctus Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965 Ligiarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1982 Wingstrandarctus Kristensen, 1984 Halechiniscinae Thulin, 1928 Chrysoarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1984 Halechiniscus Richters, 1908 Orzeliscinae Schulz, 1963 Mutaparadoxipus Gross, Miller & Hochberg, 2014 Opydorscus Renaud-Mornant, 1989 Orzeliscus du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1952 Paradoxipus Kristensen & Higgins, 1989 Quisarctinae Fujimoto, 2015 Quisarctus Fujimoto, 2015
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Further reading
Thulin, Über die Phylogenie und das System der Tardigraden (On the Phylogeny and the System of Tardigrade). Hereditas (1928), no. 2/3, p. 207-266