Tanarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Tanarctidae, named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Debyser in 1959.
Species
The genus includes 13 species:
- Tanarctus arborspinosus <small>Lindgren, 1971</small>
- Tanarctus bubulubus <small>Jørgensen & Kristensen, 2001</small>
- Tanarctus dendriticus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1980</small>
- Tanarctus diplocerus <small>Fujimoto, Miyazaki & Suzuki, 2013</small>
- Tanarctus gracilis <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1980</small>
- Tanarctus helleouetae <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1984</small>
- Tanarctus heterodactylus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1980</small>
- Tanarctus hirsutospinosus <small>Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014</small>
- Tanarctus longisetosus <small>Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia, Vaccarella & Grimaldi, 1982</small>
- Tanarctus minotauricus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1984</small>
- Tanarctus ramazzottii <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1975</small>
- Tanarctus tauricus <small>Renaud-Debyser, 1959</small> - type species
- Tanarctus velatus <small>McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976</small>
References
Further reading
- Renaud-Debyser, 1959 : ÃÂtudes 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.