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Tardigrada

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Tardigrada

Name

Homonyms
Tardigrada
Common names
Bjørnedyr in Danish
Bärtierchen in German
tardigrades in French
tardigrades in English
tardigrades in English
tardigrades in French
tardígrado in Portuguese
tardígrado in Portuguese
water bear in English
water bear in English
water bears in English
water bears in English
björndjur in Swedish
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
water bears in English
waterbears in English
緩歩動物門 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 1990: null. Invertebrates. xiii + 992.
  2. Doyère, L. (1840). Mémoire sur les Tardigrades. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles.</em> Ser. 2, Paris, 14, 269–361.
  3. Guidetti, Møbjerg Kristensen & Jönsson, K. (2015-08-14 00:00:00) Tardigrades of Sweden; an updated check-list.
  4. 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.
  5. Guidetti, Roberto, and Roberto Bertolani, 2005: Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification. Zootaxa, issue 845. 1-46.
  6. Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2011-02-09 00:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer).
  7. Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
  8. 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.
  9. Michalczyk, L. (2015-08-17 00:00:00) Tardigrade Taxonomy. Tardigrada Register. http://www.tardigrada.net/register/taxonomy.htm Last updated on the 12-01-2015.
  10. Miner, R.W (1950)
  11. 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.
  12. 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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