Styraconyx

Styraconyx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Styraconyxidae
Genus: Styraconyx
Thulin, 1942

Styraconyx is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae.[1] The genus was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1942.

Species

The genus includes sixteen species:[1][2]

  • Styraconyx craticuliformis Chang & Rho, 1998
  • Styraconyx craticulus (Pollock, 1983)
  • Styraconyx hallasi Kristensen, 1977
  • Styraconyx haploceros Thulin, 1942
  • Styraconyx kristenseni Renaud-Mornant, 1981
  • Styraconyx nanoqsunguak Kristensen & Higgins, 1984
  • Styraconyx paulae Robotti, 1971
  • Styraconyx qivitoq Kristensen & Higgins, 1984
  • Styraconyx robertoi Pérez-Pech, de Jésus-Navarrate, DeMilio, Anguas-Escalante & Hansen, 2020
  • Styraconyx sardiniae D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone de Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989
  • Styraconyx sargassi Thulin, 1942
  • Styraconyx takeshii Fujimoto, Suzuki, Ito, Tamura & Tsujimoto, 2020
  • Styraconyx testudo D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone de Lucia, 1984
  • Styraconyx turbinarium Bartels, Fontoura & Nelson, 2015
  • Styraconyx tyrrhenus D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone de Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989
  • Styraconyx vargasi Bartels & Fontoura, 2021

References

  1. 1 2 Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. ↑ Guidetti R, McInnes SJ, Kristensen RM, eds. (2026). "Styraconyx Thulin, 1942". World List of Tardigrada. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 July 2026.

Further reading

  • Thulin (1942), Ein neuer mariner Tardigrad. (A New Underwater Tardigrades) Goteborgs Vetenskaps Samhalles Handlingar, ser. 6, vol. 2B, no. 5, pp. 1–10.
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