The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada Author Kaczmarek, Łukasz Author Bartels, Paul J. Author Roszkowska, Milena Author Nelson, Diane R. text Zootaxa 2015 4037 1 1 189 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1 0dd60c86-99b2-43f8-a06e-18d012818103 1175-5326 233519 670819B1-3840-4C0A-ABFF-4D5AE3A263C0 141. Tanarctus velatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976 Tanarctus velatus nov. spec. ( McKirdy et al. 1976 ) T. velatus McKirdy et al. , 1976 ( Renaud-Mornant & Gourbault 1984 ) Terra typica : Pacific Ocean (Galapagos Islands) Atlantic Ocean: • 16°15.7′N , 61°12.7′W / 16°16′N , 61°13′W ; 0 m bsl: [FAO31] Guadeloupe Islands, Grande-Terre Island , Anse La Gourde [Anse á la Gourde], intertidal, coarse coral sand (mean diameter 0.525 mm ). Renaud-Mornant & Gourbault (1981 , 1984) • 4°20′S to 4°50′S , 36°00′W to 37°15′W [ 04°35′S , 36°38′W ]; 20–100 m bsl: [FAO41] Brazil , continental shelf off Ceará State and Rio Grande Do Norte State, coarse quartz sand and terrigenous mud. da Rocha et al. (2013) Indian Ocean: • 03°29′N , 72°47′E ; 22m bsl: [FAO51] Republic of the Maldives , Ari Sud Atoll, coarse sand. Gallo et al. (2007) Pacific Ocean: • 00°33′S , 90°31′W ; 0 m bsl: [FAO87] Type Locality: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island , Conway Bay, 0–20 cm depth, fine to medium sand. McKirdy et al. (1976) Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 2, Indian Ocean: 1, Pacific Ocean: 1; total: 4. Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO31: 1, FAO41: 1, FAO51: 1, FAO87: 1; total: 4. Remarks: This species is known from a few tropical intertidal and subtidal localities, probably with a Pantropical distribution.