Biology:Styraconyx
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Short description: Genus of tardigrades
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Styraconyxidae |
| Genus: | Styraconyx Thulin, 1942 |
Styraconyx is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae.[1] The genus was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1942.
Species
The genus includes thirteen species:[1]
- Styraconyx craticuliformis Chang & Rho, 1998
- Styraconyx craticulus (Pollock, 1983)
- Styraconyx hallasi Kristensen, 1977
- Styraconyx haploceros Thulin, 1942
- Styraconyx kristenseni Renaud-Mornant, 1981
- Styraconyx nanoqsunguak Kristensen & Higgins, 1984 - Nanoqsunguak water bear
- Styraconyx paulae Robotti, 1971
- Styraconyx qivitoq Kristensen & Higgins, 1984 - Qivitoq water bear
- Styraconyx sardiniae D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989 - Sardinian water bear
- Styraconyx sargassi Thulin, 1942
- Styraconyx testudo D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone De Lucia, 1984
- Styraconyx turbinarium Bartels, Fontoura & Nelson, 2015
- Styraconyx tyrrhenus D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989 - Tyrrhenian water bear
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.
Further reading
- Thulin (1942), Ein neuer mariner Tardigrad. (A New Underwater Tardigrades) Goteborgs Vetenskaps Samhalles Handlingar, ser. 6, vol. 2B, no. 5, p. 1-10.
Wikidata ☰ Q4140963 entry
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