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Tardigrada

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
PHYLUM

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Tardigrada

Name

Homonyms
Tardigrada
Common names
Bjørnedyr in Danish
Bärtierchen in German
Tardigrades, Oursons d'eau in French
karhukaiset in Finnish
tardigrades in French
tardigrades in French
tardigrades in English
tardigrades in English
tardigrades in French
tardigrades in English
tardígrado in Portuguese
tardígrado in Portuguese
tardígrado in Portuguese
water bear in English
water bear in English
water bears in English
water bears in English
water bears in English
water bears in English
björndjur in Swedish
bjørnedyr in Nynorsk, Norwegian
bjørnedyr in Norwegian Bokmål
water bears in English
Bärentierchen in German
Bärtierchen in German
Tardigrade in English
Tardigraden in German
mosbeertjes in Dutch
orsetti d'acqua in Italian
tardigrader in Swedish
tardigrades in English
trögkrypare in Swedish
trögkrypare in Swedish
waterbears in English
緩歩動物門 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Shuster, 2016: Chapter 20: The Emergence of the Arthropods. Tardigrades, Onychophorans, and the Arthropod Body Plan. Invertebrates, Third Edition. 709-760.
  2. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 1990: null. Invertebrates. xiii + 992.
  3. Doyère, L. (1840). Mémoire sur les Tardigrades. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles.</em> Ser. 2, Paris, 14, 269–361.
  4. Guidetti, Jönsson & Møbjerg Kristensen (2015) Tardigrades of Sweden; an updated check-list.
  5. Guidetti, R.; Bertolani, R. (2011). Phylum Tardigrada Doyère, 1840. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 96-97.
  6. Guidetti, Roberto, and Roberto Bertolani, 2005: Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification. Zootaxa, vol. 845. 1-46.
  7. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  8. Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp.
  9. Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.
  10. Michalczyk & Kaczmarek (2015) Tardigrade Taxonomy. Tardigrada Register.
  11. Miner, R.W (1950)
  12. Ramazzotti, G., and W. Maucci, 1983: Il Philum Tardigrada: III edizione riveduta e aggiornata. Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia Dott. Marco de Marchi, vol. 41. 1012.
  13. Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al., 2015: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114.
  14. Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248. 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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