Biology:Neostygarctus
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Short description: Genus of tardigrades
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| Family: | Neostygarctidae
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| Genus: | Neostygarctus Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1982
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Neostygarctus is a genus of tardigrades. It is the only genus in the family Neostygarctidae.[1] It was named and described by Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo and Morone De Lucia in 1982.
Species
The genus includes three species:[1]
- Neostygarctus acanthophorus Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1982
- Neostygarctus lovedeluxe Fujimoto & Miyazaki, 2013, named after a Stand from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure that was in turn named after an album by Sade; the discoverers said that the "hairy appearance of the new species appears as if affected by the power of 'Love Deluxe'".[2]
- Neostygarctus oceanopolis Kristensen, Sørensen, Hansen & Zeppilli, 2015
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (34th ed.). University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. http://www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it/miscellanea/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada.pdf. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ Fujimoto, Shinta; Miyazaki, Katsumi (1 May 2013). "Neostygarctus lovedeluxen. Sp. From the Miyako Islands, Japan: The First Record of Neostygarctidae (Heterotardigrada: Arthrotardigrada) from the Pacific". Zoological Science 30 (5): 414–419. doi:10.2108/zsj.30.414. PMID 23646947. https://bioone.org/journals/zoological-science/volume-30/issue-5/zsj.30.414/Neostygarctus-lovedeluxe-n-sp-from-the-Miyako-Islands-Japan/10.2108/zsj.30.414.full.
Further reading
- Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia (1982), Neostygarctus acanthophorus, n. gen. n. sp., nuovo tardigrado marino del Mediterraneo. [Neostygarctus acanthophorus, n. gen. n. sp., New Marine Tardigrades of the Mediterranean] Cahiers de Biologie Marine, vol. 23, no, 3, p. 319-323.
Wikidata ☰ Q15134402 entry
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