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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Tanarctidae |
| Genus: | Tanarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1959 |
Tanarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Tanarctidae, named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Debyser in 1959.
Species
The 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
- Tanarctus ramazzottii Renaud-Mornant, 1975
- Tanarctus tauricus Renaud-Debyser, 1959 - type species
- Tanarctus velatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976
References
- ^ Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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.
Data related to Tanarctus at Wikispecies
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