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: Styraconyx
Species: S. craticuliformis – S. craticulus – S. hallasi – S. haploceros – S. kristenseni – S. nanoqsunguak – S. paulae – S. qivitoq – S. sardiniae – S. sargassi
S. testudo – S. turbinarium – S. tyrrhenus
Name
Styraconyx Thulin, 1942
Type species
Styraconyx haploceros Thulin, 1942, by original designation.
Gender
masculine
References
Bartels, P.J., Fontoura, P. & Nelson, D.R. 2015. New records of marine tardigrades from Moorea, French Polynesia, with the description of Styraconyx turbinarium sp. nov. (Arthrotardigrada, Halechiniscidae). Zootaxa 3955(3): 389–402. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.3.6 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Kristensen R.M. & R.P. Higgins, 1984: Revision of Styraconyx (Tardigrada: Halechiniscidae), with description of two new species from Disko Bay, West Greenland. Smithson Contr Zool 391: 1–40. Full article: [1].
Links
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Styraconyx – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Styraconyx – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Styraconyx is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae.[1] The genus was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1942.
Species
The genus includes thirteen species:[1]
Styraconyx craticuliformis Chang & Rho, 1998
Styraconyx craticulus (Pollock, 1983)
Styraconyx hallasi Kristensen, 1977
Styraconyx haploceros Thulin, 1942
Styraconyx kristenseni Renaud-Mornant, 1981
Styraconyx nanoqsunguak Kristensen & Higgins, 1984 - Nanoqsunguak water bear
Styraconyx paulae Robotti, 1971
Styraconyx qivitoq Kristensen & Higgins, 1984 - Qivitoq water bear
Styraconyx sardiniae D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989 - Sardinian water bear
Styraconyx sargassi Thulin, 1942
Styraconyx testudo D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone De Lucia, 1984
Styraconyx turbinarium Bartels, Fontoura & Nelson, 2015
Styraconyx tyrrhenus D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989 - Tyrrhenian water bear
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
Thulin (1942), Ein neuer mariner Tardigrad. (A New Underwater Tardigrades) Goteborgs Vetenskaps Samhalles Handlingar, ser. 6, vol. 2B, no. 5, p. 1-10.
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