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Arthrotardigrada

Arthrotardigrada
Florarctus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Marcus, 1927
Families
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Arthrotardigrada are an order of tardigrades,[1][2] first described by Ernst Marcus in 1927.[3]

In 2018, a report integrating multiple morphological and molecular studies concluded that the Arthrotardigrada appear to be paraphyletic.[4]

  1. ^ Justin Gerlach (2011). Crustacea, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Nemertea, Annelida, Rotifera and Tardigrada of the Seychelles Islands. Siri Scientific Press. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-0-9558636-9-1. The class Heterotardigrada includes two orders: Arthrotardigrada and Echiniscoidea. The Arthrotardigrada includes only marine species, that very often have also a medial cirrus in the head; legs may be digitate or not. In non-digitate legs ...
  2. ^ Jørgensen, Aslak; Faurby, Søren; Hansen, Jesper G.; Møbjerg, Nadja; Kristensen, Reinhardt M. (2010-03-01). "Molecular phylogeny of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 54 (3): 1006–1015. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.10.006. PMID 19822216.
  3. ^ Marcus, Ernst (1927). "Zur Anatomie und Ökologie mariner Tardigraden" [On Anatomy and Ecology of Underwater Tardigrades]. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik (in German). 53: 487–558.
  4. ^ Jørgensen, Aslak; Kristensen, Reinhardt M.; Møbjerg, Nadja (2018). "Phylogeny and Integrative Taxonomy of Tardigrada". Water Bears: The Biology of Tardigrades. Vol. 2. Springer International Publishing. pp. 95–114. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95702-9_3. ISBN 978-3-319-95701-2.

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