''Angursa'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

tardigrade Tardigrades (), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them . In 1776, th ...

s in the family

Styraconyxidae The Styraconyxidae are a family of tardigrade Tardigrades (), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephr ...

. The genus was named and described by

Leland W. Pollock Leland may refer to: Places United States * Leland, Illinois, a village * Leland, Iowa, a city * Leland, Michigan, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Leland, Mississippi, a city * Leland, North Carolina, a town * Lelan ...

in 1979.

Species

The genus includes six species: * '' Angursa antarctica'' Villora-Moreno, 1998 * '' Angursa bicuspis'' Pollock, 1979 - Western North Atlantic * '' Angursa capsula'' Bussau, 1992 * '' Angursa clavifera'' Noda, 1985 * '' Angursa lanceolata'' Renaud-Mornant, 1981 * '' Angursa lingua'' Bussau, 1992

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