Neostygarctus Explained

Neostygarctus is a genus of tardigrades. It is the only genus in the family Neostygarctidae.^[1] It was named and described by Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo and Morone De Lucia in 1982.

Species

The genus includes three species:^[1]

• Neostygarctus acanthophorus Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1982
• Neostygarctus lovedeluxe Fujimoto & Miyazaki, 2013, named after a Stand from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure that was in turn named after an album by Sade; the discoverers said that the "hairy appearance of the new species appears as if affected by the power of 'Love Deluxe'".^[2]
• Neostygarctus oceanopolis Kristensen, Sørensen, Hansen & Zeppilli, 2015

Further reading

• Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia (1982), Neostygarctus acanthophorus, n. gen. n. sp., nuovo tardigrado marino del Mediterraneo. [''Neostygarctus acanthophorus, n. gen. n. sp., New Marine Tardigrades of the Mediterranean''] Cahiers de Biologie Marine, vol. 23, no, 3, p. 319-323.

Notes and References

1. Degma. Peter. Bertolani. Roberto. Guidetti. Roberto. 30 June 2018. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018). University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. 34th. 26 November 2018.
2. Neostygarctus lovedeluxen. Sp. From the Miyako Islands, Japan: The First Record of Neostygarctidae (Heterotardigrada: Arthrotardigrada) from the Pacific. 10.2108/zsj.30.414. 1 May 2013. Fujimoto. Shinta. Miyazaki. Katsumi. Zoological Science. 30. 5. 414–419. 23646947. 35341117. free.