Arthrotardigrada Explained

Arthrotardigrada are an order of tardigrades,^{[1] [2]} first described by Marcus in 1927.

Families

Arthrotardigrada consists of the following families:^[3]

• Anisonychidae^[4]
• Archechiniscidae
• Batillipedidae
• Coronarctidae
• Halechiniscidae
• Neoarctidae
• Neostygarctidae
• Renaudarctidae
• Stygarctidae
• Styraconyxidae
• Tanarctidae

Further reading

• Marcus (1927), Zur Anatomie und Ökologie mariner Tardigraden. (On Anatomy and Oecology of Underwater Tardigrades) Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, vol. 53, p. 487–558.

Notes and References

1. Book: Justin Gerlach. Crustacea, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Nemertea, Annelida, Rotifera and Tardigrada of the Seychelles Islands. 2011. Siri Scientific Press. 978-0-9558636-9-1. 78–. The class Heterotardigrada includes two orders: Arthrotardigrada and Echiniscoidea. The Arthrotardigrada includes only marine species, that very often have also a medial cirrus in the head; legs may be digitate or not. In non-digitate legs ....
2. Jørgensen. Aslak. Faurby. Søren. Hansen. Jesper G.. Møbjerg. Nadja. Kristensen. Reinhardt M.. 2010-03-01. Molecular phylogeny of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 54. 3. 1006–1015. 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.10.006. 19822216.
3. Degma. Peter. Bertolani. Roberto . Guidetti . Roberto. 30 June 2018. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) . . 34th Ed.. 25 November 2018 .
4. Møbjerg. Nadja. Jørgensen. Aslak . Kristensen . Reinhardt M.. March 2020. Ongoing revision of Echiniscoididae (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea), with the description of a new interstitial species and genus with unique anal structures . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 188 . 3 . 663–680 . 2020. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz122 .