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Tardigrada  Doyère, 1840
Taxonomic Serial No.: 155166

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Phylum  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): tardigrades [English]
  
    water bears [English]
  
    tardigrades [French]
  
    tardígrado [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumTardigrada Doyère, 1840 – tardigrades, water bears, tardigrades, tardígrado  
    Direct Children:  
                Class Eutardigrada Richters, 1926 – eutardigrades 
                Class Heterotardigrada Marcus, 1927 – heterotardigrades 
                Class Mesotardigrada Rahm, 1937  
       

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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
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  Reference for: tardigrades[French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
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  Reference for: tardígrado[Portuguese]   
       
  Source: Actual checklist of Tardigrada species v41, pdf (version 41th Ed.)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Degma, Peter, and Roberto Guidetti. 16-05-2022. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2022, 41th Edition: 16-05-2022). Available from https://hdl.handle.net/11380/1178608   
  Reference for: Tardigrada   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Tardigrada   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates   
  Page(s): xiii + 992   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-098-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tardigrada   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Shuster  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 20: The Emergence of the Arthropods. Tardigrades, Onychophorans, and the Arthropod Body Plan   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 709-760   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1605353753   
  Notes: Chapter revised by guest contributors Gonzalo Giribet (Onychophora), Reinhardt M. Kristensen (Tardigrada) and Richard C. Brusca (Tardigrada)   
  Reference for: Tardigrada   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Guidetti, Roberto, and Roberto Bertolani  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 845   
  Page(s): 1-46   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Online edition ISSN is 1175-5334: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/   
  Reference for: Tardigrada   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ramazzotti, G., and W. Maucci  
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title: Il Philum Tardigrada: III edizione riveduta e aggiornata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia Dott. Marco de Marchi, vol. 41   
  Page(s): 1012   
  Publisher: Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia   
  Publication Place: Verbania Pallanza, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0374-9118   
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  Reference for: Tardigrada   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Tardigrada   
       

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