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: Stygarctinae
Genus: Parastygarctus
Species: P. biungulatus – P. higginsi – P. mediterranicus – P. renaudae – P. sterreri
Name
Parastygarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1965
Type species: Parastygarctus higginsi Renaud-Debyser, 1965, by original designation
References
Ramazzotti, G. & Maucci, W. 1983. Il Philum Tardigrada: III edizione riveduta e aggiornata. Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia Dott. Marco de Marchi vol. 41: 1–1012.
Bello, G. & De Zio Grimaldi, S. 1999. Phylogeny of the Genera of the Stygarctidae and Related Families (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada). Zoologischer Anzeiger 237(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 (PDF).
Degma, P., Bertolani, R. & Guidetti, R. 2010. Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (Ver. 12: 16–04-2010). PDF.
Links
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Parastygarctus – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Parastygarctus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Parastygarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the family Stygarctidae.[1] It was first described and named by Jeanne Renaud-Debyser in 1965.
Species
The genus includes seven species:[1]
Parastygarctus biungulatus Morone De Lucia, Grimaldi de Zio & D'Addabbo Gallo, 1984
Parastygarctus higginsi Renaud-Debyser, 1965 - founded within Madagascar
Parastygarctus mediterranicus Gallo D’Addabbo, Grimaldi de Zio & Sandulli, 2001
Parastygarctus renaudae Grimaldi de Zio, D’Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Daddabbo, 1987
Parastygarctus robustus Hansen, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2012
Parastygarctus sterreri Renaud-Mornant, 1970
Parastygarctus svennevigi Hansen, Kristensen & Jørgensen, 2012
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-Debyser, 1965 : Parastygarctus higginsi n. g., n. sp. Tardigrade marin interstitiel de Madagascar. [Parastygarctys higgins n. g. n. sp., Underwater Tardigrade from Madagascar] Report from the Academy of Sciences, Paris, vol. 260, p. 955-957.
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