Record Details

Scientific Name:
Tardigrada

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom:
Animalia
Rank:
Superphylum
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
tardígrado [Portuguese]
tardigrades [French]
tardigrades [English]
water bears [English]

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing:
valid

Data Quality Indicators

Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness:
complete
Currency Rating:
2013

Taxonomic Hierarchy

- up to the kingdom

Kingdom
Animalia
Subkingdom
Bilateria
Infrakingdom
Protostomia
Superphylum
Ecdysozoa

- down one level

Class
Heterotardigrada
Class
Mesotardigrada
Class
Eutardigrada

References

Expert(s):
Other Sources:
website: <a href="http://www.cbif.gc.ca/itisca/">ITIS*<sup>ca</sup></a>;
website: <a href="http://www.cria.org.br/">CRIA-Brazil</a>;
database: NODC Taxonomic Code;
document: ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy; M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall
References:
Guidetti, Roberto, and Roberto Bertolani 2005-02-01. Zootaxa, issue 845. . . 1-46. . Online edition ISSN is 1175-5334: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/.
Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca 1990-01-01. Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates, Inc.. Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA. xiii + 992. 0-87893-098-1. .
Ramazzotti, G., and W. Maucci 1983-01-01. Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia Dott. Marco de Marchi, vol. 41. Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia. Verbania Pallanza, Italy. 1012. . .

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