Exoclavarctus

Exoclavarctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Halechiniscidae
Genus: Exoclavarctus
Species: Exoclavarctus dineti
Renaud-Mornant, 1983

Exoclavarctus dineti is a species of tardigrades in the genus Exoclavarctus being the only one of the family Halechiniscidae. The species are found in the deep ocean floor in the North Atlantic Ocean.[1] Along with Exoclavarctus and Proclavarctus both of them found deep in the oceans, each with one species, the genus and the species were named by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1983.[1] the etymology of Exoclavarctus is Greek exo "out" and the genus Clavarctus, meaning "key 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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