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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Tardigrada
Classis: Heterotardigrada
Ordo: Arthrotardigrada

Familia: Halechiniscidae
Subfamilia: Styraconyxinae
Genus: Tholoarctus
Species (2): T. natans – T. oleseni
Name

Tholoarctus Kristensen & Renaud-Mornant, 1983
Type species

Tholoarctus natans natans Kristensen & Renaud-Mornant, 1983

References

R. M. Kristensen & J. Renaud-Mornant, 1983, Cahiers de biologie marine 24(3): 337–353 [1]
other references

Guidetti, R. and Bertolani, R., 2005. Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification. Zootaxa, issue 845: 1–46. Abstract
Degma, P., Bertolani, R., Guidetti, R., 2010. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (Ver. 12: 16–04-2010). [2]

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Tholoarctus – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Tholoarctus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Tholoarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae.[1] The genus was named and first described by Kristensen and Renaud-Mornant in 1983.
Species

The genus includes two species:[1]

Tholoarctus natans Kristensen & Renaud-Mornant, 1983
Tholoarctus oleseni Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014

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

Kristensens & Renaud-Mornant, 1983 : Existence d'arthrotardigrades semi-benthiques de genres nouveaux de la sous-famille des Styraconyxinae subfam. nov. Cahiers de Biologie Marine (Marine Biology Books), vol. 24, no 3, p. 337-353.

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