Clavarctus falculus
| Clavarctus falculus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Halechiniscidae |
| Genus: | Clavarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1983 |
| Species: | Clavarcrus falculus Renaud-Mornant, 1983 |
Clavarctus falculus is a species of tardigrades in the genus Clavarctus being the only one of the family family Halechiniscidae. The species are founded in the deep ocean floor inside the Indian Ocean.[1] Along with Exoclavarctus and Proclavarctus both of them founded deep in the oceans, each with one species, the genus and the species were named by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1983.[1] Its etymology of Clavarctus means the key bear (from Latin clavus (key) and Greek arctus (bear) as in Euclavarctus water bear).
References
Further reading
- Renaud-Mornant, 1983 : Tardigrades abyssaux nouveaux de la sous-famille des Euclavarctinae n. subfam. (Arthrotardigrada, Halechiniscidae). [New Deep Sea Tardigrades in the Subfamily Euclavarctinae n. subfam. (Arthrotardigrada, Halechiniscidae)] Bulletin of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A: Zoology, Biology and Animal Ecology
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