Milnesiidae

Milnesiidae is a family of tardigrades of the class Eutardigrada. It is the sole family in the order Apochela.^[2] In 2019, Noemi Guil and colleagues proposed to promote the order Apochela to the new class Apotardigrada.^[3]

Milnesiidae Temporal range: Mid Cretaceous-recent[1]
Milnesium tardigradum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Eutardigrada
Order:	Apochela Schuster, Nelson, Grigarick & Christenberry, 1980
Family:	Milnesiidae Ramazzotti, 1962
Genera
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Genera

The family consists of the following genera:

• Bergtrollus Dastych, 2011
• Limmenius Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978
• Milnesioides Claxton, 1999
• Milnesium Doyère, 1840