Biology:Rhomboarctus

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Short description: Genus of tardigrades

Rhomboarctus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Styraconyxidae
Genus: Rhomboarctus
Renaud-Mornant, 1984

Rhomboarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae.[1] The genus was named and first described by Renaud-Mornant in 1984.

Species

The genus includes three species:[1]

  • Rhomboarctus aslaki Hansen, Gallo D’Addabbo & de Zio Grimaldi, 2003
  • Rhomboarctus duplicicaudatus Hansen, Gallo D’Addabbo & de Zio Grimaldi, 2003
  • Rhomboarctus thomassini Renaud-Mornant, 1984

References

Further reading

  • Renaud-Mornant, 1984 : Halechiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) de la campagne Benthedi, Canal du Mozambique. [Halechiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of the Benthedi Fields, Mozambique Channel] Bulletin of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A, Zoology, Biology and Animal Ecology, vol. 6, no 1, p. 67-88.

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