Family Echiniscidae (Water bears)

Domain: EucaryaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: TardigradaClass: HeterotardigradaOrder: Echiniscoidea Phenology

Echiniscidae Species Discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Species Common Name Photo Where? Phenology
Bryodelphax brevidentatusWater bear(NA) HerePhenology
Echiniscus horningiWater bear(NA) HerePhenology
Echiniscus maucciWater bear(NA) HerePhenology
Echiniscus perviridisWater bear(NA) HerePhenology
Echiniscus speciesWater bear(NA) HerePhenology
Echiniscus virginicusWater bear(NA) HerePhenology
Echiniscus viridis group n speciesWater bear(NA) HerePhenology
Hypechiniscus gladiatorWater bear(NA) HerePhenology
Pseudechiniscus brevimontanusWater bear(NA) HerePhenology
Pseudechiniscus n species 2Water bear(NA) HerePhenology
Pseudechiniscus speciesWater bear(NA) HerePhenology
Pseudechiniscus suillus groupWater bear(NA) HerePhenology

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Note:
Taxa on this list are only those contained in the ATBI database,
and do not neccessarily include all Park taxa from historic park reports, literature,
or other sources that have not yet been entered
in the Biodiversity Database.
Also note: where part of the taxon name is species,
it means that the taxon name has not yet been agreed upon by taxonomists for this group,
or that it was not identified to this level.



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