Galapagos Species Database
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Kristenseniscus kofordi
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Tardigrada
Class
Heterotardigrada
Order
Echiniscoidea
Family
Echiniscidae
Genus
Kristenseniscus
Species
kofordi
Taxon category: Accepted
Originally described as Echiniscus kofordi by Schuster & Grigarick (1966), and transferred to the genus Kristenseniscus by Gasiorek et al. 2019
Origin: Native
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"Galapagos Species Database, Kristenseniscus kofordi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25609. Accessed 6 November 2026.