Stygarctus

Stygarctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Stygarctidae
Genus: Stygarctus
Schulz, 1951

Stygarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Stygarctidae.[1] It was named by Erich Schulz in 1951. The name is a combination of Greek Styx and arktos ("bear").

  1. ^ Fujimoto, Shinta (27 March 2014). "A new Stygarctus (Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from Japan, with entangled seminal receptacle ducts". Zootaxa. 3784 (2): 187–95. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3784.2.8. PMID 24872047.