Tardigrada

Hypsibius dujardini (class Eutardigrada)

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Tardigrada
Classes (3): Eutardigrada - Heterotardigrada - Mesotardigrada

Selected references

• Campbell, L.I. et al. 2011: MicroRNAs and phylogenomics resolve the relationships of Tardigrada and suggest that velvet worms are the sister group of Arthropoda. PNAS, 108(38): 15920-15924. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1105499108
• Guidetti, R.; Bertolani, R. 2005: Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification. Zootaxa, 845: 1-46. Preview reference page 
• Degma, P., Bertolani, R., Guidetti, R., 2009-2012. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. Ver. 21: 30-06-2012, pp. 36
• Vicente, F.; Bertolani, R. 2013: Considerations on the taxonomy of the phylum Tardigrada. Zootaxa, 3626(2): 245-248. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.2.2 reference page 

Additional references

• Bartels, P.J.; Nelson, D.R. 2012: An online key and field guide to the tardigrades of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina & Tennessee, USA, North America) with taxonomic revisions of two species. Zootaxa, 3249: 67–68. Preview
• 2011: Zootaxa, 3104: 42–51. Preview
• 2011: Zootaxa, 3123: 1–31. Preview
• Guidetti, R.; Schill, R.O.; Bertolani, R.; Dandekar, T.; Wolf, M. 2009: New molecular data for tardigrade phylogeny, with the erection of Paramacrobiotus gen. nov. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 47: 315-321. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00526.x
• Sands, C.J.; McInnes, S.J.; Marley, N.J.; Goodall-Copestake, W.P.; Convey, P.; Linse, K. 2008: Phylum Tardigrada: an "individual" approach. Cladistics, 24: 861-871. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00219.x

links

• Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
• WoRMS (2010). Tardigrada. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-10-16
• Tardigrada Taxon profile on BioLib
• Tardigrada Report on ITIS
• Tardigrada Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
• List of Tardigrada (under revision!), based on Degma, P., Bertolani, R., Guidetti, R., 2009-2012. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. Ver. 21: 30-06-2012, pp. 36

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Bärtierli
català: Tardígrad
česky: Želvušky
dansk: Bjørnedyr
Deutsch: Bärtierchen
eesti: Loimurid, Tardigraadid
English: Water bears, moss piglets, tardigrades
español: Ositos de agua
français: Tardigrades, Oursons d'eau
한국어: 완보동물
hrvatski: Dugoživci, Vodeni medvjedići
íslenska: bessadýr
עברית: דובוני מים
magyar: Medveállatkák
македонски: Бавнодвижачи
Nederlands: Beerdiertjes
日本語: 緩歩動物
norsk bokmål: Bjørnedyr
polski: Niesporczaki
português: Tardígrados
русский: Тихоходки
suomi: Karhukaiset
svenska: Björndjur
Türkçe: Su ayıları - Sakal hayvancıkları - Yavaşadımlılar
українська: Тихоходи
中文: 缓步动物门

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