original description
(of Macrobiotus antarcticus Richters, 1904) Richters, F. (1904). Vorläufiger Bericht über die antarktische Moosfauna. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft. 236-239. [details]
taxonomy source
Bertolani, R., Guidetti, R., Marchioro, T., Altiero, T., Rebecchi, L. & Cesari, M. (2014) Phylogeny of Eutardigrada: New molecular data and their morphological support lead to the identification of new evolutionary lineages. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 76, 110–126., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.006 [details] Available for editors 
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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] 
additional source
Pilato, G.; Binda, M. G. (1997). <i>Acutuncus</i>, a new genus of Hypsibiidae (Eutardigrada). <em>Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg.</em> 12: 159-162.
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
additional source
Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
From editor or global species database