Florarctus
Genus of tardigrades
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Florarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Florarctinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae.[1] The genus was named and described by Claude Delamare Deboutteville and Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1965.
| Florarctus | |
|---|---|
| Florarctus sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Halechiniscidae |
| Genus: | Florarctus Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965 |
Species
The genus includes 14 species:[1]
- Florarctus acer Renaud-Mornant, 1989
- Florarctus antillensis Van der Land, 1968
- Florarctus asper Renaud-Mornant, 1989
- Florarctus cervinus Renaud-Mornant, 1987
- Florarctus cinctus Renaud-Mornant, 1976
- Florarctus glareolus Noda, 1987
- Florarctus heimi Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965
- Florarctus hulingsi Renaud-Mornant, 1976
- Florarctus kwoni Chang & Rho, 1997
- Florarctus pulcher Grimaldi de Zio, Lamarca, D'Addabbo Gallo & Pietanza, 1999
- Florarctus salvati Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965
- Florarctus stellatus Renaud-Mornant, 1989
- Florarctus vulcanius Renaud-Mornant, 1987
- Florarctus wunai Fujimoto, 2015