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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: Rhomboarctus
Species: R. aslaki – R. duplicicaudatus – R. thomassini
Name

Rhomboarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1984
Type species

Rhomboarctus thomassini Renaud-Mornant, 1984

References
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). [1]

Links

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

Rhomboarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae.[1] The genus was named and first described by Renaud-Mornant in 1984.
Species

The genus includes three species:[1]

Rhomboarctus aslaki Hansen, Gallo D’Addabbo & de Zio Grimaldi, 2003
Rhomboarctus duplicicaudatus Hansen, Gallo D’Addabbo & de Zio Grimaldi, 2003
Rhomboarctus thomassini Renaud-Mornant, 1984

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

Renaud-Mornant, 1984 : Halechiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) de la campagne Benthedi, Canal du Mozambique. [Halechiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of the Benthedi Fields, Mozambique Channel] Bulletin of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A, Zoology, Biology and Animal Ecology, vol. 6, no 1, p. 67-88.

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