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Cornechiniscus cornutus

(Richters, 1907)

type species of Cornechiniscus

Cornechiniscus cornutus is a tardigrade in the genus Cornechiniscus (Echiniscidae, Echiniscoidea), described by Richters in 1907. The parentheses around the authority mean it was first described in another genus.

74GBIF records

The genus *Cornechiniscus*, shown by *Cornechiniscus lobatus*. dorsal, SEM. Gąsiorek & Michalczyk 2020, Figure 8 a, cropped, CC BY 4.0

Where it has been recorded

1 places from 1 openly licensed, georeferenced records out of 74 in GBIF. Records are as identified by their publishers; tardigrade identifications from older surveys are often uncertain. Datasets: Notes on records of biodiversity of Crimean Peninsula according to published literature resource (1).

Classification

class	Heterotardigrada
order	Echiniscoidea
family	Echiniscidae
genus	Cornechiniscus

Synonyms: Pseudechiniscus intermedius Mihelčič, 1970.

Changes: Amended by Gąsiorek & Michalczyk 2020b based on Kyrgyz population.

Other species of Cornechiniscus: C. brachycornutus, C. ceratophorus, C. holmeni, C. imperfectus, C. lobatus, C. madagascariensis, C. mystacinus, C. schrammi, C. subcornutus, C. tibetanus.

Look it up

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Classification, authority and notes: Degma & Guidetti 2026, Actual checklist of Tardigrada species, 45th edition (CC BY 4.0), which asks users also to cite Guidetti & Bertolani 2005 (Zootaxa 845: 1–46) and Degma & Guidetti 2007 (Zootaxa 1579: 41–53).
Records: GBIF.org, accessed 2026-09-20 through the GBIF API; each record belongs to the dataset that published it. The map shows only records released under CC0 or CC BY, with coordinates and no geospatial issue flag.

How this is built

Data: Classification, authority and notes from Degma & Guidetti's 2026 world checklist. Records from GBIF, genomes and sequencing runs from NCBI, papers from our OpenAlex corpus of tardigrade literature, photos from Wikimedia Commons and iNaturalist (CC0 or CC BY), and facts from our knowledge graph, each with its source and page. A page shows only the parts we hold for that species.
Built with: build_species.py writes every species page from the checklist, joining each name by exact match to the other collections. Facts are ranked by confidence and evidence, and taken from each source in turn so no single paper fills the list. The records map is drawn as SVG from thinned GBIF coordinates.
Checked: Only exact matches to accepted names bring in GBIF records, and fossil entries were read against their papers. The pages themselves are not tested against data.
Limits: Exact name matching misses papers and sequences filed under older names or only the genus. GBIF identifications are as their publishers made them. A short page means we hold little yet, not that little is known.
More: How the whole project is built