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| Phylum | TARDIGRADA (waterbears) |
| Superphylum | ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders) |
| Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
| Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
| Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
| Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
| Life | BIOTA (living things) |
| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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Brauer, A. | 1909 | *** Araneae, Acarina und Tardigrada ***(Superseded) | Die Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands, Heft 12, 191pp, Gustav Fischer Verlag |
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Conway, D.V.P. | 2015 | Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata | Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association |
| Cuénot, L. | 1932 | *** Tardigrades ***(Superseded) | Faune de France, Faune No 24, 96pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel | |
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Morgan, C.I. & King, P.E. | 1976 | British Tardigrades | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) , 9, 133pp, The Linnean Society of London |
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| Visser, H. & Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. | European Limnofauna | wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/limno.php | ||
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Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) | 1990 | The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe | 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press |
TARDIGRADA (waterbears) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for TARDIGRADA (waterbears)
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 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TARDIGRADA (waterbears)
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