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Taxon: Phylum Tardigrada Doyère, 1840 - tardigrades (invertebrate)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Doyère, 1840) Ramazzotti, 1962
Unavailable original name:  Spallanzani, [L.] 1777. Opuscules de Physique Animale et Végétale 1: XXXVIII, LVII, LXXXI, CXIX. ("le Tardigrade"). ≡
Subsequent rank:  Ramazzotti, 1962.

Variants

Former rank: Tardigrada (Subphylum) Doyère, 1840 Ref: R. Guidetti & R. Bertolani, 2011: 96. [inferred]
Former rank: Tardigrada (Superclass) Doyère, 1840 Ref: R. Guidetti & R. Bertolani, 2011: 96. [inferred]
Former rank: Tardigrada (Class) Doyère, 1840 Ref: R. Guidetti & R. Bertolani, 2011: 96. [inferred]
Former rank: Tardigrada (Order) Doyère, 1840 Ref: R. Guidetti & R. Bertolani, 2011: 96. [inferred]
Former rank: Tardigradea (Midphylum) Ref: R. Guidetti & R. Bertolani, 2011: 96. [inferred]
Former unranked name: Tardigrada ([unranked]) Doyère, 1840 Ref: R. Guidetti & R. Bertolani, 2011: 96. [inferred]

Homonyms

Senior homonym (allowed): Tardigrada (Infraorder) Latham & Davies, 1795 Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 4 Apr 2022.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: mosbeertjes
: beerdiertjes

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: tardigrades
: water bears
: slow walkers
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