Tanarctus
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Tardigrada |
Class: | Heterotardigrada |
Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
Family: | Tanarctidae |
Genus: | Tanarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1959 |
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
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- 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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