Stygarctidae

Stygarctidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Stygarctidae
Schulz, 1951
Genera

see text

Synonyms

Neostygarctinae Grimaldi de Zio, D’Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1987

The Stygarctidae are a family of tardigrades.[1] The family was named in 1951.

Etymology

Its etymology is of Greek origin (stygarct- from στυγάρκτος (stygarktos) and it species nearly looks like a bear.

History

A subfamily Neostygarctinae was named in 1987 which featured Neostygarctus[2], it would be placed as a synonym of Stygarctinae in 2012 by Hansen, Kristensen and Jørgensen.[3]

Genera

One of the subdivisions named after are one of the species are founded, the Faeroe Islands, named in 2012. The others has Greek etymology including Megastygarctides, Mesostygarctus, Neostygarctus, Parastygarctys, Prostygarctus, Pseudostygarctus and Stygarctus. The newest one is Prostygarctus described and named in 2013.

References

  1. ↑ http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3784.2.8
  2. ↑ Grimaldi de Zio, D’Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1987 : Adaptive radiation and phylogenesis in marine Tardigrada and the establishment of Neostygarctidae, a new family of Heterotardigrada. Bollettino di Zoologia, (Zoology Bulletin), vol. 54, no. 1, p. 27-33.
  3. ↑ Hansen, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2012 : The armoured marine tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada, Tardigrada). Scientia Danica, series B: Biologica, vol. 2, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, p. 1-91.
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