Tanarctus diplocerus Fujimoto, Miyazaki & Suzuki, 2013

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 122

132. Tanarctus diplocerus Fujimoto, Miyazaki & Suzuki, 2013

Tanarctus diplocerus sp. nov. (Fujimoto et al. 2013)

Terra typica: Philippine Sea ( Japan, Asia)

East China Sea:

• 32°33′05.5′′N, 130°19′16.1′′E / 32°33′N, 130°19′E; 13.5 m bsl: [FAO61] Japan, Kumamoto Prefecture, Shimabara Bay, Amphioxus sand. Fujimoto et al. (2013)

• 32°33′02.5′′N, 130°19′16.8′′E / 32°33′N, 130°19′E; 15.7 m bsl: [FAO61] Japan, Kumamoto Prefecture, Shimabara Bay, Amphioxus sand. Fujimoto et al. (2013)

• 32°3301.2′′N, 130°19′17.5′′E [32°33′N, 130°19′E]; 15.7 m bsl: [FAO61] Japan, Kumamoto Prefecture, Shimabara Bay, Amphioxus sand. Fujimoto et al. (2013)

• 32°33′00.5′′N, 130°19′19.7′′E / 32°33′N, 130°19′E; 16.6 m bsl: [FAO61] Japan, Kumamoto Prefecture, Shimabara Bay, Amphioxus sand. Fujimoto et al. (2013)

Philippine Sea:

• 33°41′34.5′′N, 135°20′17.8′′E / 33°42′N, 135°20′E; 8.4 m bsl: [FAO61] Type Locality: Japan, Wakayama Prefecture, Tanabe Bay, gravel. Fujimoto et al. (2013)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): East China Sea: 4, Philippine Sea: 1; total: 5.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO61: 5; total: 5.

Remarks: This recently described subtidal species is known only from a few close proximity Asian localities ( Japan). It is found most often in Amphioxus sand.