Description

Diagnosis. Macrobiotidae with ten peribuccal papulae, no peribuccal lamellae. Antero-ventral mouth; teeth in oral cavity absent or strongly reduced. Buccal tube short, rigid; narrow (12 % or less ofbuccal tube length); wall thickened below point of insertion of stylet supports; stylet supports inserted at 73 % or less of buccal tube length; ventral support short (62 % or less of buccal tube length) and macroplacoid row length 42 % or less ofbuccal tube length.

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Tardigrada

Class: Eutardigrada

Order: Parachela

Family: Macrobiotidae

Genus: Minibiotus

Species: Minibiotus Schuster, 1980