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: Florarctinae
Genus: Ligiarctus
Species (2): L. alatus – L. eastwardi
Name
Ligiarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1982 Type species: Ligiarctus eastwardi Renaud-Mornant, 1982
References
Hansen, J.G., Kristensen, R.M. 2021. A new genus and five new species of the subfamily Florarctinae (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada). European Journal of Taxonomy. 762(1): 149–184. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1461 Open access Reference page.
Guidetti, R. & 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 (PDF).
Degma, P., Bertolani, R. & Guidetti, R. 2010. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (Ver. 12: 16–04-2010). PDF.
Links
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Ligiarctus – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Ligiarctus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Ligiarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Florarctinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae.[1] The genus was named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1982.
Species
The genus includes two species:[1]
Ligiarctus alatus Gomes-Júnior, Santos, da Rocha, Santos & Fontoura, 2017
Ligiarctus eastwardi Renaud-Mornant, 1982
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.
Publications
Renaud-Mornant, 1982 : Sous-famille et genre nouveaux de tardigrades marins (Arth(r)otardigrada). [New Subfamily and Genre of Underwater Tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada)] Bulletin from Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Écologie Animales, vol. 4, no 1/2, p. 89-94.
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