''Pseudoastygarctus'' 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 it was moved to a separate family, Neoarctidae
''Neoarctus primigenius'' ...
.
The genus was first described and named by
McKirdy,
Schmidt
Schmidt may refer to:
* Schmidt (surname), including list of people with the surname
* Schmidt (singer) (born 1990), German pop and jazz singer
* Schmidt (lunar crater), a small lunar impact crater
* Schmidt (Martian crater), a List of craters on ...
&
McGinty-Bayly in 1976.
Species
The genus includes five species:
* ''
Pseudostygarctus apuliae''
Gallo D’Addabbo, de Zio Grimaldi & D’Addabbo, 2000
* ''
Pseudostygarctus galloae
''Pseudoastygarctus'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Stygarctidae. The genus was first described and named by McKirdy, Schmidt
Schmidt may refer to:
* Schmidt (surname), including list of people with the surname
* Schmidt (singer) ( ...
''
Hansen, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2012
* ''
Pseudostygarctus mirabilis''
de Zio Grimaldi, D’Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1998
* ''
Pseudostygarctus rugosus''
Gallo D’Addabbo, de Zio Grimaldi & Sandulli, 2001
* ''
Pseudostygarctus triungulatus''
McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976
References
Further reading
* McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976 : ''Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos. 16. Tardigrada.''
'Interstitial Fauna of the Galapagos 16. Tardigrada''Mikrofauna Meeresbodens, no. 58, p. 1-42.
External links
Stygarctidae
Tardigrade genera
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