Clavarctus falculus

Clavarctus falculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Halechiniscidae
Genus: Clavarctus
Species: Clavarcrus falculus

Clavarctus falculus is a species of tardigrades in the genus Clavarctus being the only one of the family family Halechiniscidae. The species are founded in the deep ocean floor inside the Indian Ocean.[1] Along with Exoclavarctus and Proclavarctus both of them founded deep in the oceans, each with one species, the genus and the species were named by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1983.[1] Its etymology of Clavarctus means the key bear (from Latin clavus (key) and Greek arctus (bear) as in Euclavarctus water bear).

References

  1. 1 2 Renaud-Mornant, 1983, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 201-219

Further reading

  • Renaud-Mornant, 1983 : Tardigrades abyssaux nouveaux de la sous-famille des Euclavarctinae n. subfam. (Arthrotardigrada, Halechiniscidae). [New Deep Sea Tardigrades in the Subfamily Euclavarctinae n. subfam. (Arthrotardigrada, Halechiniscidae)] Bulletin of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A: Zoology, Biology and Animal Ecology


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