Tardigrada

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Tardigrada
Classes (3): Eutardigrada – Heterotardigrada – Mesotardigrada

Name

Tardigrada Spallanzani, 1777

References

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
Campbell, L.I., Rota-Stabelli, O., Edgecombe, G.D., Marchioro, T., Longhorn, S.J., Telford, M.J., Philippe, H., Rebecchi, L., Peterson, K.J. & Pisan, D. 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 .
Degma, P., Bertolani, R., Guidetti, R., 2009-2012. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. Ver. 21: 30–06-2012, pp. 36
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.
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. Перадпаказ DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.845.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Guidetti, R. & Bertolani, R. 2011. Phylum Tardigrada Doyère, 1840. Pp 96–97 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Guidetti, R., Jönsson, 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). Reference page.
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., 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., Cytan, J., Zawierucha, K., Diduszko, D. & Michalczyk, Ł. 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.
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., 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Miller, W.R. & Perry, E.S. 2019. Adjustments to the Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part III: North America and Greenland by Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & McInnes (Zootaxa 4203). Zootaxa 4543(1): 99–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.1.6 Reference page.
Perry, E., Miller, W.R. & Kaczmarek, L. 2019. Recommended abbreviations for the names of genera of the phylum Tardigrada. Zootaxa 4608(1): 145–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.8 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
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.
Vuori, T., Massa, E., Calhim, S. & Vecchi, M. 2020. Tardigrades of Finland: new records and an annotated checklist. Zootaxa 4851(477): 521–3. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.477.{{{6}}} Reference page.

Links

Tardigrada Newsletter and Tardigrada Register
Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
WoRMS (2010). Tardigrada. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-10-16
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Tardigrada – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Tardigrada – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (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
беларуская: Ціхаходкі
বাংলা: টারডিগ্রেড
català: Tardígrad
čeština: Želvušky
dansk: Bjørnedyr
Deutsch: Bärtierchen
English: Water bears, moss piglets, tardigrades
español: Ositos de agua
eesti: Loimurid, Tardigraadid
suomi: Karhukaiset
français: Tardigrades, Oursons d'eau
עברית: דובוני מים
hrvatski: Dugoživci, Vodeni medvjedići
magyar: Medveállatkák
íslenska: bessadýr
italiano: Tardigrado
日本語: 緩歩動物
한국어: 완보동물
lietuvių: Lėtūnai
latviešu: Gauskāji
македонски: Бавнодвижачи
Nederlands: Beerdiertjes
norsk: Bjørnedyr
polski: Niesporczaki
português: Tardígrados
русский: Тихоходки
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Dugoživci
slovenščina: Počasniki
svenska: Björndjur
Türkçe: Su ayıları - Sakal hayvancıkları - Yavaşadımlılar
українська: Тихоходи
Tiếng Việt: Gấu nước
中文（简体）: 缓步动物门
中文（繁體）: 緩步動物門