The list of tardigrades of South Africa is a list of species that form a part of the phylum Tardigrada of the fauna of South Africa. The list follows the SANBI listing.
Where common names are given, they are not necessarily the only common names in use for the species.
Class Heterotardigrada
Order Echiniscoidea
Family Echiniscidae
Genus Echiniscus: Echiniscus africanus Murray, 1907 Echiniscus arctomys Ehrenberg, 1853 Echiniscus crassispinosus Murray, 1907 Echiniscus duboisi Richters, 1902 Echiniscus longispinosus Murray, 1907 Echlniscus perarmatus Murray, 1907 Echiuiscus pusae Marcus, 1928
Genus Pseudechiniscus: Pseudechiniscus bispinosus (Murray, 1907) Pseudechiniscus jiroveci Bartos, 1963 Pseudechiniscus suillus Ehrenberg, 1853), syn. Echiniscus mutabilis Murray, 1905, Pseudechiniscus suillus suillus (Ehrenberg, 1853)
Class Eutardigrada
Order Parachela
Family Hypsibiidae
Genus Doryphoribius: Doryphoribius flavus (Iharos, 1966), syn. Doryphoribius citrinus, (Maucci, 1972), Hypsibius citrinus Maucci, 1973
Genus Hypsibius: Hypsibius convergens (Urbanowicz, 1925), syn. Macrobiotus convergens Urbanowicz, 1925 Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), syn. Hypsibius lacustris (Doyère, 1851), Macrobiotus dujardin Doyère, 1840, Macrobiotus dujardini Doyère, 1840, Macrobiotus samoanus Richters, 1908 Hypsibius maculatus (Iharos, 1969)
Genus Isohypsibius: Isohypsibius deconincki Pilato, 1971 Isohypsibius nodosus (Murray, 1907), syn. Hypsibius nodosus (Murray, 1907), Macrobiotus nodosus Murray, 1907 Isohypsibius sattleri (Richters, 1902), syn. Hypsibius bakonyiensis Iharos, 1964, Hypsibius sattleri (Richters, 1902), Isohypsibius bakonyiensis (Iharos, 1964), Macrobiotus sattleri Richters, 1902
Genus Ramazzottius: Ramazzottius szeptycki (Dastych, 1980), syn. Hypsibius szeptycki Dastych, 1980, Ramazzottius szepticki (Dastych, 1980) Ramazzottius theroni Dastych, 1983
Genus Diphascon: Diphascon scoticum Murray, 1905, syn. Adropion scoticum Murray, 1905, Hypsibius scoticus (Murray, 1905) Diphascon zaniewi Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2004
Genus Paradiphascon: Paradiphascon manningi Dastych, 1992
Genus Astatumen: Astatumen trinacriae (Arcidiacono, 1962), syn. Astatumen ramazzottii (Iharos, 1966), Itaquascon ramazzottii Iharos, 1966, Itaquascon trinacriae Arcidiacono, 1962
Family Calohypsibiidae
Genus Haplomacrobiotus: Haplomacrobiotus seductor Pilato & Beasley, 1987
Family Macrobiotidae
Genus Calcarobiotus: Calcarobiotus filmeri Dastych, 1993 Calcarobiotus occultus Dastych, 1993
Genus Macrobiotus: Macrobiotus drakensbergi Dastych, 1993 Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1904 Macrobiotus furciger Murray, 1906, syn. Macrobiotus furciger Murray, 1907 Macrobiotus hufelandi C.A.S. Schultze, 1834, syn. Macrobiotus eminens Ehrenberg, 1895, Macrobiotus hufelandii C.A.S. Schultze, 1834, Macrobiotus interruptus Della Valle, 1914 Macrobiotus nuragicus Pilato & Sperlinga, 1975 Macrobiotus richtersi Murray, 1911 Macrobiotus iharosi Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991 Macrobiotus crassidens (Murray, 1907)
Genus Minibiotus: Minibiotus hufelandioides (Murray, 1910), syn. Macrobiotus hufelandioides Murray, 1910 Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1888), syn. Macrobiotus intermedius Plate, 1889, Macrobiotus intermedius intermedius Plate, 1889
Order Apochela
Family Milnesiidae
Genus Milnesium: Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840, syn. Arcrophanes schlagintweitii Ehrenberg, 1859, Arctiscon tardigradum Schrank, 1803
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