Hypsibius is a genus of tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada.
Genome sequencing The genome of Hypsibius dujardini has been sequenced. Hypsibius dujardini has a compact genome and a generation time of about two weeks. It can be cultured indefinitely and cryopreserved. This sequenced strain has been redesignated Hypsibius exemplaris since 2018.
Species The genus includes the following species:
Hypsibius allisoni Horning, Schuster and Grigarick, 1978 Hypsibius americanus (Packard, 1873) Hypsibius antonovae (Biserov 1990) Hypsibius arcticus (Murray 1907) Hypsibius biscuitiformis Bartos, 1960 Hypsibius calcaratus Bartos, 1935 Hypsibius camelopardalis Ramazzotti and Maucci, 1983 Hypsibius conifer Mihelcic, 1938 Hypsibius convergens (Urbanowicz, 1925) Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840) Hypsibius exemplaris (Gąsiorek, 2018) Hypsibius fuhrmanni (Heinis, 1914) Hypsibius giusepperamazzotti Sudzuki, 1975 Hypsibius heardensis Miller, McInnes and Bergstrom, 2005 Hypsibius hypostomus Bartos, 1935 Hypsibius iharosi Bartos, 1941 Hypsibius janetscheki Ramazzotti 1968 Hypsibius klebelsbergi Mihelcic 1959 Hypsibius macrocalcaratus Beasley, 1988 Hypsibius maculatus Iharos, 1969 Hypsibius marcelli Pilato, 1990 Hypsibius microps Thulin, 1928 Hypsibius morikawai Ito, 1995 Hypsibius multituberculatus Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2003 Hypsibius novaezeelandiae Pilato and Binda, 1997 Hypsibius pachyunguis Maucci, 1996 Hypsibius pallidus Thulin, 1911 Hypsibius pedrottii Bertolani, Manicardi and Gibertoni, 1987 Hypsibius pradellii Bertolani and Rebecchi, 1996 Hypsibius ragonesei Binda and Pilato, 1985 Hypsibius roanensis Nelson and McGlothlin, 1993 Hypsibius runae Bartos, 1941 Hypsibius scaber Maucci, 1987 Hypsibius scabropygus Cuénot, 1929 Hypsibius septulatus Pilato, Binda, Napolitano and Moncada, 2004 Hypsibius seychellensis Pilato, Binda and Lisi, 2006 Hypsibius simoizumii Sudzuki, 1964 Hypsibius stiliferus Abe, 2004 Hypsibius thaleri Dastych, 2004 Hypsibius vaskelae Tumanov Hypsibius zetlandicus (Murray, 1907)
References
External links Tardigrada Newsletter Tardigrades – Pictures and Movies The Edinburgh Tardigrade project NJ Tardigrade Survey Tardigrades (English/German)