Description

Diagnosis Hypsibiidae with Ramazzottius - like claws and completely rigid buccal tube. Apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles asymmetrical, dorsal AISM shorter and higher than ventral, with thickened anterior margin. Pharynx with two elongated macroplacoids and minute dot-like septulum. Cephalic elliptical organs present. Rugose cuticular sculpture. Eggs laid within the exuvium (or freely?), chorion with developed pillar-like internal structure visible in LM.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Tardigrada

Class: Eutardigrada

Order: Parachela

Family: Hypsibiidae

Genus: Notahypsibius

Species: Notahypsibius Tumanov, 2020