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Tardigrada  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 155166

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Phylum  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): tardigrades [English]
  
    tardigrades [French]
  
    tardígrado [Portuguese]
  
    water bears [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2005    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumTardigrada  -- tardigrades, tardigrades, tardígrado, water bears  
    Direct Children:  
       Class Eutardigrada Richters, 1926 -- eutardigrades 
       Class Heterotardigrada Marcus, 1927 -- heterotardigrades 
       Class Mesotardigrada Rahm, 1937  
       

 References
       
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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: tardigrades [French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: tardígrado [Portuguese]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  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): 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, issue 845   
  Page(s): 1-46   
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  Publication Place:    
  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   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tardigrada   
       

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