Megastygarctides

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: Stygarctidae
Subfamilia: Megastygarctidinae
Genus: Megastygarctides
Species: M. christinae – M. gerdae – M. isounguis – M. orbiculatus – M. setoloso
Name

Megastygarctides McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976
Type species

Megastygarctides orbiculatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976, by original designation.

References
Primary references

McKirdy, D.J., Schmidt, P. & McGinty-Bayly, M. 1976. Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos XVI. Tardigrada. Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens 58: 409–449. Reference page.

Additional references

Bello, G. and De Zio Grimaldi, S.. 1999. Phylogeny of the Genera of the Stygarctidae and Related Families (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada). Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 237, no. 2-3. 171-183.
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). [1]

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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.
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

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.