Megastygarctides

Megastygarctides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Heterotardigrada
Order:	Arthrotardigrada
Family:	Stygarctidae
Genus:	Megastygarctides; , & , 1976

Megastygarctides is a genus of tardigrades, the only one in the subfamily Megastygarctidinae in the family Stygarctidae.^[1] The genus was first described and named by , & in 1976. It was placed in the new subfamily Megastygarctidinae in 1998 by and .

Species[]

The genus includes the following species:^[1]

Megastygarctides christinae Hansen & Kristensen, 2006
Megastygarctides gerdae Hansen & Kristensen, 2006
Megastygarctides isounguis Renaud-Mornant, 1981
Megastygarctides orbiculatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976
Megastygarctides setoloso Morgan & O'Reilly, 1989
Ürkmez, Ostrowska, Roszkowska, Gawlak, Zawierucha, Kristensen & Kaczmarek, 2017

References[]

^ ^a ^b Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

Further reading[]

Bello & de Zio Grimaldi, 1998 : Phylogeny of the genera of the Stygarctidae and related families (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada). Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 237, no. 2/3, p. 171-183.
McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976 : Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos. 16. Tardigrada. [Interstitial Fauna of the Galapagos 16. Tardigrada] Mikrofauna Meeresbodens, no. 58, p. 1-42.

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[Degma,_Bertolani_&_Guidetti-1] Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

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