Megastygarctides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arthrotardigrada
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]