Stygarctus


Stygarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Stygarctidae. It was named by Erich Schulz in 1951. The name is a combination of Greek Styx and arktos.

Species

The genus includes the following species:Stygarctus abornatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976Stygarctus ayatori Fujimoto, 2014Stygarctus bradypus Schulz, 1951Stygarctus gourbaultae Renaud-Mornant, 1981Stygarctus granulatus Pollock, 1970Stygarctus lambertii Grimaldi de Zio, D’Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Daddabbo, 1987Stygarctus spinifer Hiruta, 1985Stygarctus keralensis Vishnudattan, Bijoy Nandan, Hansen & Jayachandran, 2021