Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Tardigrada > Class Heterotardigrada > Order Arthrotardigrada > Family Halechiniscidae > Subfamily Orzeliscinae > Genus Orzeliscus

Orzeliscus belopus du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1952

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Orzeliscus*	du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1952	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Orzeliscus septentrionalis*	Schulz, 1953	synonym

Literature

original description	Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, E. (1952). On South American Malacopoda. Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade de São Paulo, serie Zoologia. 17: 189–209.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tardigrada, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 236
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Kaczmarek, Ł.; Bartels, P. J.; Roszkowska, M.; Nelson, D. R. (2015). The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada. Zootaxa. 4037(1): 1-189.
additional source	Bartels P. J., L. J. Bradbury & D. R. Nelson. (2017). Marine tardigrades from South Carolina, USA. Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science. 15(1): 43-48; 2017.
additional source	Degma, P.; Bertolani, R.; Guidetti, R. (2009-2016). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. (Assessed 10/02/2017) pp. 46.

Genbank

Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Orzeliscus belopus du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1952. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136701