Actual checklist of Tardigrada species

Abstract

More than one thousand Tardigrada species were included in the published checklist (Guidetti, R. & Bertolani, R. 2005. Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification. Zootaxa, 845, 1?46.) plus the additions and corrections to this checklist (Degma, P. & Guidetti, R. 2007. Notes to the current checklist of Tardigrada. Zootaxa, 1579, 41?53.). For practical reasons, we have joined these two papers (without comments added to particular taxa as well as without references published in these papers) into an accurate combined version of the checklists. We incorporated all taxonomical novelties in the current edition of the Checklist even if they were published just online. Then, following the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, we corrected the year of a taxon description in its print edition. This checklist is free for all users, but utilization of it requires the citation of the two original papers. This checklist is the platform for occasional upgrades (date of latest upgrade is in the title). The changings respect to the previous version of the checklist have yellow background. If you also use these changes, please also cite this checklist (Degma, P. & Guidetti, R. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. DOI: 10.25431/11380_1178608. Accessed date). This checklist collects the taxonomic and systematic information available in the bibliography, so the authors do not necessarily share what is reported in the articles used for the composition of this list. Currently there are 35 families, 164 genera, 1508 species and 16 additional subspecies/forms included in the checklist. Please write us if you find any mistake or missing data in this checklist. Your help in its improvement will be acknowledged.