WoRMS taxon details
original description
Land, J. van der. (1968). Florarctus antillensis, a new tardigrade from the coral sand of Curaçao. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Carribean Islands.</em> 25: 140–156. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda)
Renaud-Mornant, T. (1970). Tardigrades marins des Bermudes. Bulletin du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 2e Serie., 42(6): 1268-1276 [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source
Degma, P.; Bertolani, R.; Guidetti, R. (2009-2016). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. (Assessed 10/02/2017) pp. 46., available online at http://www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it/miscellanea/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada.pdf [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution This is an interstitial, intertidal or shallow subtidal species (>30 m bsl off the coast of Malta). It has been
reported from southern and northern hemispheres in different types of sand in the tropical and southern parts of
the temperate zones. [details]
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