Stygarctus Explained

Stygarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Stygarctidae.^[1] It was named by Erich Schulz in 1951. The name is a combination of Greek Styx and arktos ("bear").

Species

The genus includes the following species:^{[2] [3]}

• Stygarctus abornatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976
• Stygarctus ayatori Fujimoto, 2014
• Stygarctus bradypus Schulz, 1951
• Stygarctus gourbaultae Renaud-Mornant, 1981
• Stygarctus granulatus Pollock, 1970
• Stygarctus lambertii Grimaldi de Zio, D’Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Daddabbo, 1987
• Stygarctus spinifer Hiruta, 1985
• Stygarctus keralensis Vishnudattan, Bijoy Nandan, Hansen & Jayachandran, 2021

References

1. A new Stygarctus (Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from Japan, with entangled seminal receptacle ducts. Shinta. Fujimoto. 27 March 2014. Zootaxa. 3784. 2. 187–95. 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.2.8. 24872047. free.
2. Degma. Peter. Bertolani. Roberto . Guidetti . Roberto. 30 June 2018. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) . . 34th Ed.. 26 November 2018 .
3. VISHNUDATTAN . N. K. . NANDAN . S Bijoy . HANSEN . J. G. . JAYACHANDRAN . P. R.. A new Tardigrade species, Stygarctus keralensis sp. nov.(Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from the intertidal zone of Southwest coast of India. Zootaxa. 4985. 3. 381–91.

Further reading

• • Schulz, Über Stygarctus bradypus n. g., n. sp., einen Tardigraden aus dem Küstengrundwasser, und seine phylogenetische Bedeutung. (On Styarctus bradypus) Kieler Meeresforschungen, vol. 8, p. 86-97.
• Nomenclator Zoologicus info