Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Tardigrada > Class Heterotardigrada > Order Arthrotardigrada > Family Tanarctidae

Tanarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1959

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Tanarctus gracilis Renaud-Mornant, 1980
Tanarctus longisetosus Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone de Lucia, Vaccarella & Grimaldi, 1982
Tanarctus ramazzottii Renaud-Mornant, 1975
Tanarctus tauricus Renaud-Debyser, 1959

Literature

original description	Renaud-Debyser, J. (1959). Etudes sur la faune interstitielle des Iles Bahamas. III. Tardigrades. Vie et Milieu. 10: 297–302.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tardigrada, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 236
additional source	Horning, D.S.; Palma, R.L.; Miller, W.R. (2010). Phylum Tardigrada: water bears, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 27-35.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Tanarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1959. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136644