Tardigrada

Hypsibius dujardini (class Eutardigrada)

Taxonavigation

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
• Guidetti, R., Jønsson, K.I. & Kristensen, R.M. 2015: Tardigrades of Sweden; an updated check-list. Zootaxa 3981(4): 491–507. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.4.2. Preview (PDF) https://species.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Guidetti,_J%C3%B8nsson_%26_Kristensen,_2015&action=edit#reference page 
• Kaczmarek, Ł.; Michalczyk, Ł.; McInnes, S.J. 2014: Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part I: Central America. Zootaxa 3763(1): 1–62. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3763.1.1 reference page 
• Kaczmarek, Ł. et al. 2014: Tardigrades from Peru (South America), with descriptions of three new species of Parachela. Zootaxa 3790(2): 357–379. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.2.5 reference page 
• Meyer, H.A. 2013: Terrestrial and freshwater Tardigrada of the Americas. Zootaxa 3747(1): 1–71. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3747.1.1 reference page 
• 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 
• Kaczmarek, Ł., Bartels, P.J., Roszkowska, M. & Nelson, D.R. 2015. The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada. Zootaxa 4037(1): 1–189. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1 Preview (PDF). ISBN 978-1-77557-823-9 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-824-6 (Online edition) Reference page. 
• Kaczmarek, Ł., Michalczyk, Ł. & McInnes, S.J. 2015: Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America. Zootaxa 3923(1): 1–107. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1. reference page 
• Mapalo, M.A., Stec, D., Mirano-Bascos, D. & Michalczyk, Ł. 2016. Mesobiotus philippinicus sp. nov., the first limnoterrestrial tardigrade from the Philippines. Zootaxa 4126(3): 411–426. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.3.6. reference page 
• Meyer, H.A., Tsaliki, M. & Hinton, J.G. 2018. First records of water bears (Phylum Tardigrada) from Swaziland. African Invertebrates 59(1): 47–53. doi: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.59.23191. 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
• DeMilio, E., Lawton, C. & Marley, N.J. 2016. Tardigrada of Ireland: a review of records and an updated checklist of species including a new addition to the Irish fauna. ZooKeys 616: 77–101. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.616.8222. reference page 
• 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
• Kaczmarek, Ł., Michalczyk, Ł. & McInnes, S.J. 2016. Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part III: North America and Greenland. Zootaxa 4203(1): 1–249. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4203.1.1. Reference page. 
• McInnes, S.J., Michalczyk, Ł. & Kaczmarek, Ł. 2017. Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa. Zootaxa 4284(1): 1–74. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1. Full article (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77670-166-7 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77670-167-4 (Online edition) Reference page. 
• Miller, W.R. & Perry, E.S. 2016. The coastal marine Tardigrada of the Americas. Zootaxa 4126(3): 375–396. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.3.4. reference page 
• 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
বাংলা: টারডিগ্রেড
беларуская: Ціхаходкі
català: Tardígrad
čeština: 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
italiano: Tardigrado
עברית: דובוני מים
magyar: Medveállatkák
македонски: Бавнодвижачи
Nederlands: Beerdiertjes
日本語: 緩歩動物
norsk: Bjørnedyr
polski: Niesporczaki
português: Tardígrados
русский: Тихоходки
suomi: Karhukaiset
svenska: Björndjur
Tiếng Việt: Gấu nước
Türkçe: Su ayıları - Sakal hayvancıkları - Yavaşadımlılar
українська: Тихоходи
中文（繁體）‎: 緩步動物門
中文（简体）‎: 缓步动物门

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