''Actinarctus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

tardigrade Tardigrades (), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them Kleiner Wasserbär ...

s in the family

Tanarctidae The Tanarctidae are a family of tardigrade Tardigrades (), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goez ...

. The genus was named and described by Erich Schulz in 1935.

Species

The genus includes four species: * '' Actinarctus doryphorus'' Schulz, 1935 * ''

Actinarctus lyrophorus ''Actinarctus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Tanarctidae The Tanarctidae are a family of tardigrade Tardigrades (), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They ...

'' Renaud-Mornant, 1979 * '' Actinarctus neretinus'' Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia, Vaccarella & Grimaldi, 1982 * '' Actinarctus physophorus'' Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia, Vaccarella & Grimaldi, 1982

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