''Megastygarctides'' 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, the only one in the subfamily Megastygarctidinae in the family

Stygarctidae The Stygarctidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was first described by Schulz in 1951. The genus '' Neoarctus'' was first placed in the family Stygarctidae, but it was moved to a separate family, Neoarctidae ''Neoarctus primigenius'' ...

. The genus was first described and named by McKirdy,

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& McGinty-Bayly in 1976. It was placed in the new subfamily Megastygarctidinae in 1998 by Bello and de Zio Grimaldi.

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The genus includes the following species: * ''

Megastygarctides christinae ''Megastygarctides'' is a genus of tardigrades, the only one in the subfamily Megastygarctidinae in the family Stygarctidae. The genus was first described and named by McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly in 1976. It was placed in the new subfamily ...

'' Hansen & Kristensen, 2006 * ''

Megastygarctides gerdae ''Megastygarctides'' is a genus of tardigrades, the only one in the subfamily Megastygarctidinae in the family Stygarctidae. The genus was first described and named by McKirdy, Schmidt Schmidt may refer to: * Schmidt (surname), including list ...

'' Hansen & Kristensen, 2006 * ''

Megastygarctides isounguis ''Megastygarctides'' is a genus of tardigrades, the only one in the subfamily Megastygarctidinae in the family Stygarctidae. The genus was first described and named by McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly in 1976. It was placed in the new subfamily ...

'' Renaud-Mornant, 1981 * '' Megastygarctides orbiculatus'' McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976 * '' Megastygarctides setoloso'' Morgan & O'Reilly, 1989 * '' Megastygarctides sezginii'' Ürkmez, Ostrowska, Roszkowska, Gawlak, Zawierucha, Kristensen & Kaczmarek, 2017

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