title: Proechiniscus hanneae
text: # Proechiniscus hanneae
  
  Proechiniscus hanneae is a species of tardigrade. It is the only species of Proechiniscus, a genus within the family Echiniscidae.
  
  The species is endemic to Greenland, where they occur on Disko Island.
  
  The species was first described as Pseudechiniscus hanneae by Børge Petersen in 1951. It was placed in the new genus of Proechinscus by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen in 1987.
  
  