Stygarctus
Genus of tardigrades
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Stygarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Stygarctidae.[1] It was named by Erich Schulz in 1951. The name is a combination of Greek Styx and arktos ("bear").
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Stygarctidae |
| Genus: | Stygarctus Schulz, 1951 |
Species
The genus includes the following species:[2][3]
- 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
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