''Parastygarctus'' 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-Debyser in 1965.
Species
The genus includes seven species:
* ''
Parastygarctus biungulatus''
Morone De Lucia, Grimaldi de Zio & D'Addabbo Gallo, 1984
* ''
Parastygarctus higginsi
''Parastygarctus'' is a genus of tardigrades, 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 ...
''
Renaud-Debyser, 1965 - founded within Madagascar
* ''
Parastygarctus mediterranicus''
Gallo D’Addabbo, Grimaldi de Zio & Sandulli, 2001
* ''
Parastygarctus renaudae''
Grimaldi de Zio, D’Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Daddabbo, 1987
* ''
Parastygarctus robustus''
Hansen, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2012
* ''
Parastygarctus sterreri''
Renaud-Mornant, 1970
* ''
Parastygarctus svennevigi''
Hansen, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2012
References
Publications
*Renaud-Debyser, 1965 : ''Parastygarctus higginsi n. g., n. sp. Tardigrade marin interstitiel de Madagascar.''
'Parastygarctys higgins n. g. n. sp., Underwater Tardigrade from Madagascar''Report from the Academy of Sciences, Paris, vol. 260, p. 955-957.
Stygarctidae
Tardigrade genera
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