Raiarctus
| Raiarctus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Tanarctidae |
| Genus: | Raiarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1981 |
Raiarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconixidae[1] The genus was named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1983
Species
According to Degma, Bertolani et Guidetti (2016),[1] this genus includes five species:
- Raiarctus aureolatus Renaud-Mornant, 1981
- Raiarctus colurus Renaud-Mornant, 1981 - type species
- Raiarctus jesperi Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
- Raiarctus katrinae Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
- Raiarctus variabilis D’Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone De Lucia, 1986
References
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- 1 2 Degma; Bertolani; Guidetti (2016-12-15). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2016) (PDF). 31. University of Modena. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2013.
Further reading
- Renaud-Mornant, 1981 : Raiarctus colurus n. g., n. sp., et R. aureolatus n. sp., tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada) marins nouveaux de sédiments calcaires.Bulletin from the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section A: Zoology, Biology and Animal Ecology, vol. 3, no 2, p. 515-522.
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