''Styraconyx'' 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 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 first described by
Gustav Thulin in 1942.
Species
The genus includes thirteen species:
* ''
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 - Nanoqsunguak water bear
* ''
Styraconyx paulae''
Robotti, 1971
* ''
Styraconyx qivitoq''
Kristensen & Higgins, 1984 - Qivitoq water bear
* ''
Styraconyx sardiniae''
D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989 - Sardinian water bear
* ''
Styraconyx sargassi''
Thulin, 1942
* ''
Styraconyx testudo''
D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone De Lucia, 1984
* ''
Styraconyx turbinarium''
Bartels, Fontoura & Nelson, 2015
* ''
Styraconyx tyrrhenus
''Styraconyx'' is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1942.
Species
The genus includes thirteen species:
* ''Styraconyx craticuliformis'' Chang & Rho, 1998
* ''Styraco ...
''
D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989 - Tyrrhenian water bear
References
Further reading
* Thulin (1942), ''Ein neuer mariner Tardigrad.'' (''A New Underwater Tardigrades'') Goteborgs Vetenskaps Samhalles Handlingar, ser. 6, vol. 2B, no. 5, p. 1-10.
*
Styraconyxidae
Tardigrade genera
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