''Chrysoarctus'' 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 ...
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 Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them . In 1776, th ...
s, in the subfamily Halechiniscinae which is part of the family
Halechiniscidae
The Halechiniscidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1928.
Subfamilies and genera
They are divided into the following subfamilies and genera:
* Dipodarctinae Pollock, 1995
** ''Dipodarctus ...
.
The genus was named and described by
Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1984.
Species
The genus includes two species:
* ''
Chrysoarctus briandi''
Renaud-Mornant, 1984
* ''
Chrysoarctus flabellatus''
(Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia, Vaccarella & Grimaldi, 1982)
References
Publications
*Renaud-Mornant, 1984 : ''Halechiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) de la campagne Benthedi, Canal du Mozambique.'' Bulletin from the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A: Zoology Biology and Ecological Animals, vol. 6, no 1, p. 67-88.
Tardigrade genera
Halechiniscidae
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