- Source: Stygarctus
Stygarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Stygarctidae. It was named by Erich Schulz in 1951. The name is a combination of Greek Styx and arktos ("bear").
Species
The genus includes the following species:
Stygarctus abornatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976
Stygarctus ayatori Fujimoto, 2014
Stygarctus bradypus Schulz, 1951
Stygarctus gourbaultae Renaud-Mornant, 1981
Stygarctus granulatus Pollock, 1970
Stygarctus lambertii Grimaldi de Zio, D’Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Daddabbo, 1987
Stygarctus spinifer Hiruta, 1985
Stygarctus keralensis Vishnudattan, Bijoy Nandan, Hansen & Jayachandran, 2021
References
Further reading
Data related to Stygarctus at Wikispecies
Schulz, Über Stygarctus bradypus n. g., n. sp., einen Tardigraden aus dem Küstengrundwasser, und seine phylogenetische Bedeutung. (On Styarctus bradypus) Kieler Meeresforschungen, vol. 8, p. 86-97.
Nomenclator Zoologicus info
