FAMILY                      Vatacaridae Southcott, 1957:174  [placement?]
GENUS                              Vatacarus Southcott, 1957:165 
SUBGENUS                             Vatacarus Southcott, 1957:165 
TYPE-SPECIES                            Vatacarus ipoides Southcott, 1957 [ in sea snake]
SUBGENUS                             Iguanacarus Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965:268  [as genus, syn. Nadchatram 1980:530]
TYPE-SPECIES                            Vatacarus amblyrhynchus Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965
SPECIES                                 Vatacarus amersoni (Brennan, 1965) [syn. Nadchatram 1980:529]
                                        [=Blankaartia amersoni Brennan, 1965]
SPECIES                                 Vatacarus alexfaini (Nadchatram, 1980):530 [reptilian host; marine; New-Guinea]
                                        [=Iguanacarus alexfaini Nadchatram, 1980]
SPECIES                                 Vatacarus danieli (Dusbabek & Cerny, 1970) [syn. Nadchatram 1980:529]
                                        [=Babiangia danieli Dusbabek & Cerny, 1970]