Tanarctidae Explained

The Tanarctidae are a family of tardigrades.^[1] The family was named and described by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen and Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1980.

Genera

There are three genera:^[1]

• Actinarctus Schulz, 1935
• Tanarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1959
• Zioella Renaud-Mornant, 1987

Further reading

• Renaud-Mornant, (1980), Description de trois espèces nouvelles du genre Tanarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1959, et création de la sous-famille des Tanarctinae, subfam. nov. (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada).' (Description of Three New Species of the Genus Tanarctus) Bulletin of the National Natural History Museum (Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle), Section A: Zoology, Biology and Animal, vol. 2, no 1, p. 129-141.

Notes and References

1. Degma. Peter. Bertolani. Roberto . Guidetti . Roberto. 30 June 2018. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) . . 34th Ed.. 26 November 2018 .