Biology:Raiarctus

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Short description: Genus of tardigrades

Raiarctus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Styraconyxidae
Genus: Raiarctus
Renaud-Mornant, 1981

Raiarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae.[1] The genus was named and first described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1981.

Species

The genus includes five species:[1]

  • Raiarctus aureolatus Renaud-Mornant, 1981
  • Raiarctus colurus Renaud-Mornant, 1981 - type species
  • Raiarctus jesperi Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
  • Raiarctus katrinae Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
  • Raiarctus variabilis D’Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone De Lucia, 1986

References

Further reading

  • Renaud-Mornant, 1981 : Raiarctus colurus n. g., n. sp., et R. aureolatus n. sp., tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada) marins nouveaux de sédiments calcaires.Bulletin from the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section A: Zoology, Biology and Animal Ecology, vol. 3, no 2, p. 515-522.

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