WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Renaud-Mornant, J. (1981). Raiarctus colurus n. g., n. sp., et R. aureolatus n. sp., Tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada) marins
nouveaux de sédiments calcaires. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> Série 4e, 3, 512–522. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
Other
Holotype MNHN AT 68 b, geounit Guadeloupe [details]
Paratype MNHN AT 68, geounit Guadeloupe [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution This is a rare species with a disjunct distribution known only from a few intertidal and subtidal localities
(sometimes more than 100 m bsl) in temperate and tropical zones, mainly in the northern hemisphere. It has
been recorded from different types of sand. [details]
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