''Mesostygarctus'' 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 ...
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 Goeze in 1773, who called them Kleiner Wasserbär ...
s, 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'' ...
.
It was first described and named by
Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1979.
Species
The genus includes two species:
* ''
Mesostygarctus intermedius''
Renaud-Mornant, 1979
* ''
Mesostygarctus spiralis''
Hansen, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2012
References
Publications
*Renaud-Mornant, 1979 : ''Tardigrades marins de Madagascar. 2. Stygarctidae et Oreellidae. 3. Considérations écologiques générales.''
'Underwater Tardigrades of Madagascar, 2. Stygarctidae and Oreellidae, 3. General Ecological Considerations''Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Écologie Animales ser. 4, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 339-351.
Stygarctidae
Tardigrade genera
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