Megastygarctides
Megastygarctides is a genus of tardigrades, the only one in the subfamily Megastygarctidinae in the family Stygarctidae.[1] The genus was first described and named by McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly in 1976. It was placed in the new subfamily Megastygarctidinae in 1998 by Bello and de Zio Grimaldi.
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| Genus: | Megastygarctides McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976 |
Species
The genus includes the following species:[1]
- Megastygarctides christinae Hansen & Kristensen, 2006
- Megastygarctides gerdae Hansen & Kristensen, 2006
- Megastygarctides isounguis Renaud-Mornant, 1981
- Megastygarctides orbiculatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976
- Megastygarctides setoloso Morgan & O'Reilly, 1989
- Megastygarctides sezginii Ürkmez, Ostrowska, Roszkowska, Gawlak, Zawierucha, Kristensen & Kaczmarek, 2017
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References
- 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.
Further reading
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- Bello & de Zio Grimaldi, 1998 : Phylogeny of the genera of the Stygarctidae and related families (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada). Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 237, no. 2/3, p. 171-183.
- McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976 : Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos. 16. Tardigrada. [Interstitial Fauna of the Galapagos 16. Tardigrada] Mikrofauna Meeresbodens, no. 58, p. 1-42.
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