Tanarctus Explained

Tanarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Tanarctidae,^[1] named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Debyser in 1959.

Species

The genus includes 13 species:^[1]

• 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

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.

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 .