WoRMS taxon details
Tetrakentron synaptae Cuénot, 1892
343574 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343574)
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Species
marine
Cuénot, L. (1892). Tardigrades. <em>In: Commensaux et parasites des Echinodermes, I. Revue Biologique du Nord de la France.</em> 5: 1–22. [details] 
Type locality contained in French part of the Celtic Sea
type locality contained in French part of the Celtic Sea [details]
Distribution This species has been found only in Roscoff and a few neighbouring sites off the Brittany coast.
Taxonomy This is a monotypic genus that is closely related to the genus Styraconyx (based on claw structure)
(Land, van der 1975,...
Distribution This species has been found only in Roscoff and a few neighbouring sites off the Brittany coast. [details]
Taxonomy This is a monotypic genus that is closely related to the genus Styraconyx (based on claw structure)
(Land, van der 1975,...
Taxonomy This is a monotypic genus that is closely related to the genus Styraconyx (based on claw structure)
(Land, van der 1975, Kristensen & Higgins 1984a). [details]
(Land, van der 1975, Kristensen & Higgins 1984a). [details]
Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2024). World List of Tardigrada. Tetrakentron synaptae Cuénot, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=343574 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Cuénot, L. (1892). Tardigrades. <em>In: Commensaux et parasites des Echinodermes, I. Revue Biologique du Nord de la France.</em> 5: 1–22. [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution This species has been found only in Roscoff and a few neighbouring sites off the Brittany coast. [details]Ecology It is a parasitic species associated exclusively with the
holothurian Leptosynapta galliennei (for more details on the biology of this species see Kristensen (1980)).
[details]
Taxonomy This is a monotypic genus that is closely related to the genus Styraconyx (based on claw structure)
(Land, van der 1975, Kristensen & Higgins 1984a). [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Habitat on sea cucumbers (Leptosynapta) [details]
