''Wingstrandarctus'' 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 Florarctinae 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
Kristensen in 1984.
Species
The genus includes five species:
* ''
Wingstrandarctus corallinus''
Kristensen, 1984
* ''
Wingstrandarctus crypticus''
Renaud-Mornant, 1989
* ''
Wingstrandarctus intermedius''
(Renaud-Mornant, 1967)
* ''
Wingstrandarctus stinae''
Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
* ''
Wingstrandarctus unsculptus''
Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
References
Publications
*Kristensen, 1984 : ''On the biology of Wingstrandarctus corallinus nov. gen. et spec., with notes on the symbiotic bacteria in the subfamily Florarctinae (Arthrotardigrada)''. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, vol. 145, p. 201-218.
*
Halechiniscidae
Tardigrade genera
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