Tanarctus ramazzottii Renaud-Mornant, 1975a

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 126-127

139. Tanarctus ramazzottii Renaud-Mornant, 1975a

Tanarctus ramazzotti n. sp. ( Renaud-Mornant1975a)

T. ramazzottii Renaud-Mornant, 1975 (D’Addabbo Gallo et al. 1987, Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo 1987)

Terra typica : Atlantic Ocean ( France, Europe)

Atlantic Ocean:

• 47°34′06′′N, 19°12′00′′W [44°22′N, 03°22′W]; 3039 m bsl: [FAO27] Type Locality: France, Bay of Biscay, deep sea ooze. Renaud-Mornant (1975a)

Black Sea:

• 41°29.93′N, 29°16.12′E / 41°30′N, 29°16′E; 250 m bsl: [FAO37] Turkey, Istanbul Province, Bosporus Strait outlet area, 0–10 cm in depth detritus sediment. Kharkevych & Sergeeva (2013)

• 41°28.68′N, 29°14.81′E / 41°29′N, 29°15′E; 122 m bsl: [FAO37] Turkey, Istanbul Province, Bosporus Strait outlet area, 0–10 cm in depth, detritus sediment and black mud. Kharkevych & Sergeeva (2013)

• 41°28.54′N, 29°14.63′E / 41°29′N, 29°15′E; 117 m bsl: [FAO37] Turkey, Istanbul Province, Bosporus Strait outlet area, 0–10 cm in depth, detritus sediment. Kharkevych & Sergeeva (2013)

• 41°23.29′N, 29°12.24′E / 41°23′N, 29°12′E; 88 m bsl: [FAO37] Turkey, Istanbul Province, Bosporus Strait outlet area, 0–10 cm in depth, detritus sediment. Kharkevych & Sergeeva (2013)

Celtic Sea:

• 48°18′N, 04°55′W; 20 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Brittany Region, coast of NW Brittany, Pierres Noires station, infralittoral zone, 2 cm deep in sediment, heavily compacted fine sand (median diameter 0.5 mm). Renaud- Mornant (1975a)

Ionian Sea:

• 39°52′00′′N, 16°42′30′′E; 20–200 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Cosenza Province, High Ionian Sea offshore, Calabrian Coast, Amendolara Shoal, coralligenous sand, coralligenous sand mixed with debris, coarse medium or fine coralligenous sand (few samples). D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (1987), Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (1987), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

• 39 ° 58.71′N, 18°18.28′E [39°49′N, 18°18′E]; 20 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Lecce Province, San Gregorio, sand, coarse organogenous debris. Accogli et al. (2011)

• 39°48′40′′N, 18°40′38′′E [39°49′N, 18°19′E]; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Lecce Province, San Gregorio. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

Mediterranean Sea:

• 35°54′N, 14°32′E; 41 m bsl: [FAO37] Republic of Malta, SE coast of Malta, Sicily Channel, 1.75 km SE of the entrance of Grand Harbour and 1.4 km NW of the coastal settlement Xghajra, coarse organogenic detritus. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001)

Tyrrhenian Sea:

• 40°20′30′′N, 09°40′15′′E; 21–40 and 61–80 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Sardinia Island, Nuoro Province, Orosei Gulf, coralligenous detritus. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

• 38°36′N, 14°55′E; 40 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Aeolian Islands, Secca del Capo, coralligenous bank, subtidal zone, coarse coralligenous detritus. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 1, Black Sea: 4, Celtic Sea: 1, Ionian Sea: 3, Mediterranean Sea: 1, Tyrrhenian Sea: 2; total: 12.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO27: 2, FAO37: 10; total: 12.

Remarks: This species has been reported from various European localities from sand and detritus in the subtidal zone to the abyssal depths.