''Tholoarctus'' 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
Kristensen and
Renaud-Mornant in 1983.
Species
The genus includes two species:
* ''
Tholoarctus natans''
Kristensen & Renaud-Mornant, 1983
* ''
Tholoarctus oleseni''
Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
References
Further reading
* Kristensens & Renaud-Mornant, 1983 : ''Existence d'arthrotardigrades semi-benthiques de genres nouveaux de la sous-famille des Styraconyxinae subfam. nov.'' Cahiers de Biologie Marine (Marine Biology Books), vol. 24, no 3, p. 337-353.
Styraconyxidae
Tardigrade genera
Taxa described in 1983
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