Proechiniscus hanneae is a species of tardigrade. It is the only species of Proechiniscus, a genus within the family Echiniscidae.
The species is endemic to Greenland, where it occurs on Disko Island.Brandt, Thomsen, Heide-Jorgensen, Kristensen & Ruhberg, 1999 : The 1998 Danish-German Excursion to Disko Island, West Greenland. Berichte zur Polarforschung, Bremerhaven, Bundesrepublik Deutschland : Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polarforschung, no. 330.
The species was first described as Pseudechiniscus hanneae by Børge Petersen in 1951. It was placed in the new genus of Proechiniscus by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen in 1987.
References
Further reading Kristensen, 1987 : Generic revision of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada), with a discussion of the origin of the family. Collana U.Z.I. Selected Symposia and Monographs, no. 1, p. 261-335. Petersen (1951), The Tardigrade fauna of Greenland. A faunistic study with some few ecological remarks. Meddelelser om Gronland, vol. 150, no. 5, p. 1-94.