original description
Renaud-Mornant, J. (1974). Une nouvelle famille de Tardigrades marins abyssaux: les Coronarctidae fam. nov.
(Heterotardigrada). <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> 278: 3087-3090. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (2001). Tardigrada, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 236 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Degma, P.; Bertolani, R.; Guidetti, R. (2009-2016). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. (Assessed 10/02/2017) pp. 46., available online at http://www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it/miscellanea/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada.pdf [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution This abyssal species (found at depths below 1600 m) has been reported from a transect in the Indian
Ocean and an Atlantic locality off the coast of Namibia. Although only eight localities are involved, C. tenellus
is the most frequently reported Coronarctus. [details]From regional or thematic species database
Habitat slope to abyssal [details]