Megastygarctides Explained

Megastygarctides is a genus of tardigrades, the only one in the subfamily Megastygarctidinae in the family Stygarctidae.^[1] The genus was first described and named by McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly in 1976. It was placed in the new subfamily Megastygarctidinae in 1998 by Bello and de Zio Grimaldi.

Species

The genus includes the following species:^[1]

• Megastygarctides christinae Hansen & Kristensen, 2006
• Megastygarctides gerdae Hansen & Kristensen, 2006
• Megastygarctides isounguis Renaud-Mornant, 1981
• Megastygarctides orbiculatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976
• Megastygarctides setoloso Morgan & O'Reilly, 1989
• Megastygarctides sezginii Ürkmez, Ostrowska, Roszkowska, Gawlak, Zawierucha, Kristensen & Kaczmarek, 2017

Further reading

• Bello & de Zio Grimaldi, 1998 : Phylogeny of the genera of the Stygarctidae and related families (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada). Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 237, no. 2/3, p. 171-183.
• McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976 : Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos. 16. Tardigrada. [''Interstitial Fauna of the Galapagos 16. Tardigrada''] Mikrofauna Meeresbodens, no. 58, p. 1-42.

Notes and References

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