*Taxonomic Account*

*Phylum: Tardigrada Doyère, 1840 [55]*

**Class**: Heterotardigrada Marcus, 1927 [56] **Order**: Echiniscoidea Richters, 1926 [57] **Family**: Echiniscidae Thulin, 1928 [8] **Genus**: *Bryodelphax* Thulin, 1928 [8] *Bryodelphax mareki* **sp. nov.** (Table 3, Figures 1–4)
