Neostygarctus

Neostygarctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Neostygarctidae
de Zio Grimaldi, D'Addabbo Gallo & De Lucia Morone, 1987
Genus: Neostygarctus
Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1982

Neostygarctus is a genus of tardigrades. It is the only genus in the family Neostygarctidae. It was named and described by Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo and Morone De Lucia in 1982.

Species

The genus includes three species:

References

  1. 1 2 Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF) (34th ed.). University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. ↑ Fujimoto, Shinta; Miyazaki, Katsumi (1 May 2013). "Neostygarctus lovedeluxe n. sp. from the Miyako Islands, Japan: The First Record of Neostygarctidae (Heterotardigrada: Arthrotardigrada) from the Pacific". Zoological Science. 30 (5): 414–419. doi:10.2108/zsj.30.414. PMID 23646947. S2CID 35341117.

Further reading

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