Florarctus Explained

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.

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

Publications

• Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant (1965), Un remarquable genre de Tardigrades des sables coralliens de Nouvelle-Calédonie. [''A remarkable genre of tardigrates from coral sands in New Caledonia''] Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, vol. 260, p. 2581-2583

Notes and References

1. Book: Degma, Peter. Bertolani. Roberto . Guidetti . Roberto. 30 June 2018. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) . . 34th Ed.. 26 November 2018 .