Arthrotardigrada

Arthrotardigrada are an order of tardigrades,^[1][2] first described by Ernst Marcus in 1927.^[3]

Arthrotardigrada
Florarctus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Heterotardigrada
Order:	Arthrotardigrada Marcus, 1927
Families
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In 2018, a report integrating multiple morphological and molecular studies concluded that the Arthrotardigrada appear to be paraphyletic.^[4]

Families

Arthrotardigrada consists of the following families:^[5]

• Anisonychidae^[6]
• Archechiniscidae
• Batillipedidae
• Coronarctidae
• Halechiniscidae
• Neoarctidae
• Neostygarctidae
• Renaudarctidae
• Stygarctidae
• Styraconyxidae
• Tanarctidae