Anisonyches Explained

Anisonyches is a genus of tardigrades in the family Echiniscoididae.^[1] The genus was first described and named by Leland W. Pollock in 1975. The genus name is a combination of the Greek aniso ("unequal") and onyches ("claws"), since Anisonyches have four claws each on the first three pairs of legs and three claws each on the fourth pair of legs.^[2]

Species

According to Degma, Bertolani et Guidetti (2018),^[1] this genus includes three species:

• Anisonyches deliquus Chang & Rho, 1998
• Anisonyches diakidius Pollock, 1975
• Anisonyches eleutherensis Bartels, Fontoura & Nelson, 2018
• Anisonyches mauritianus Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Daddabbo, 1987

Notes and References

1. Degma . Bertolani . Guidetti . 30 June 2018. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) . . 34th Ed.. 23 November 2018 .
2. Observations on marine Heterotardigrada, including a new genus from the western Atlantic Ocean. Pollock, L.W.. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 1975. 16. 121–32.