Tanarctus

Tanarctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Tanarctidae
Genus: Tanarctus

Tanarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconixidae[1] The genus was named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Debyser in 1959.

Species

According to Degma, Bertolani et Guidetti (2016),[1] this genus includes 13 species:

  • Tanarctus arborspinosus Lindgren, 1971
  • Tanarctus bubulubus Jørgensen & Kristensen, 2001
  • Tanarctus dendriticus Renaud-Mornant, 1980
  • Tanarctus diplocerus Fujimoto, Miyazaki & Suzuki, 2013
  • Tanarctus gracilis Renaud-Mornant, 1980
  • Tanarctus helleouetae Renaud-Mornant, 1984
  • Tanarctus heterodactylus Renaud-Mornant, 1980
  • Tanarctus hirsutospinosus Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
  • Tanarctus longisetosus Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia, Vaccarella & Grimaldi, 1982
  • Tanarctus minotauricus Renaud-Mornant, 1984 - Minotaur water bear
  • Tanarctus ramazzottii Renaud-Mornant, 1975 - Ramazzotti's water bear
  • Tanarctus tauricus Renaud-Debyser, 1959 - type species - founded in the Bahamas
  • Tanarctus velatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976

References

  1. 1 2 Degma; Bertolani; Guidetti (2016-12-15). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2016) (PDF). 31. University of Modena. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2013.

Further reading

  • Renaud-Debyser, 1959 : Études sur la faune interstitielle des îles Bahamas. III. Tardigrades. (Studies on Interstitial Fauna in the Bahamas: III: Tardigrades) Vie et Milieu, vol. 10, p. 296-302.

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