Biology:Stygarctidae
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Short description: Family of tardigrades
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Stygarctidae Schulz, 1951 |
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The Stygarctidae are a family of tardigrades.[1] The family was first described by Schulz in 1951. The genus Neoarctus was first placed in the family Stygarctidae,[2] but it was moved to a separate family, Neoarctidae, in 1998.[3]
Subfamilies and genera
They are divided into the following subfamilies and genera:[1]
- Megastygarctidinae Bello & de Zio Grimaldi, 1998:
- Megastygarctides McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976
- Stygarctinae Schulz, 1951:
- Faroestygarctus Hansen, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2012
- Mesostygarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1979
- Parastygarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1965
- Prostygarctus Rubal, Veiga, Fontoura & Sousa-Pinto, 2013
- Pseudostygarctus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976
- Stygarctus Schulz, 1951
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018). University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. http://www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it/miscellanea/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada.pdf. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ Grimaldi de Zio; D'Addabbo Gallo; Morone De Lucia (1992). "Neoarctus primigenius n. g., n. sp., a new Stygarctidae of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada)". Bollettino di Zoologia 59 (3): 309–13. doi:10.1080/11250009209386687.
- ↑ Bello & Grimaldi de Zio (1998), Phylogeny of the genera of the Stygarctidae and related families (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada). Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 237, p. 171-183.
Wikidata ☰ Q4141656 entry
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