Neostygarctus

Neostygarctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Heterotardigrada
Order: Arthrotardigrada
Family: Neostygarctidae
de Zio Grimaldi, D'Addabbo Gallo & De Lucia Morone, 1987
Genus: Neostygarctus
Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1982

Neostygarctus is a genus of tardigrades. It is the only genus in the family Neostygarctidae.[1] It was named and described by Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo and Morone De Lucia in 1982.

Species

The genus includes three species:[1]

  • Neostygarctus acanthophorus Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1982
  • Neostygarctus lovedeluxe Fujimoto & Miyazaki, 2013, named after a Stand from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure that was in turn named after an album by Sade; the discoverers said that the "hairy appearance of the new species appears as if affected by the power of 'Love Deluxe'".[2]
  • Neostygarctus oceanopolis Kristensen, Sørensen, Hansen & Zeppilli, 2015

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Fujimoto, Shinta; Miyazaki, Katsumi (1 May 2013). "Neostygarctus lovedeluxe n. sp. from the Miyako Islands, Japan: The First Record of Neostygarctidae (Heterotardigrada: Arthrotardigrada) from the Pacific". Zoological Science. 30 (5): 414–419. doi:10.2108/zsj.30.414. PMID 23646947. S2CID 35341117.

Further reading

  • Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia (1982), Neostygarctus acanthophorus, n. gen. n. sp., nuovo tardigrado marino del Mediterraneo. [Neostygarctus acanthophorus, n. gen. n. sp., New Marine Tardigrades of the Mediterranean] Cahiers de Biologie Marine, vol. 23, no, 3, p. 319-323.

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