NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Tanarctinae
  Family - Halechiniscidae
  Order - Arthrotardigrada
  Class - Heterotardigrada
  Phylum - Tardigrada
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Tanarctus velatus
      Species - Tanarctus arborspinosus
      Species - Tanarctus tauricus
      Species - Tanarctus dendriticus
      Species - Tanarctus gracilis
      Species - Tanarctus heterodactylus
      Species - Tanarctus longisetosus
      Species - Tanarctus minotauricus
      Species - Tanarctus bubulubus
      Species - Tanarctus helleouetae
      Species - Tanarctus ramazzottii