Raiarctus
Sign in to saveRaiarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1981.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumTardigrada
- ClassHeterotardigrada
- OrderArthrotardigrada
- FamilyStyraconyxidae
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- Halechiniscidae
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- Renaud-Mornant, 1981
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- Raiarctus
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Raiarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1981.
==Species== The genus includes five species: Raiarctus aureolatus Renaud-Mornant, 1981 Raiarctus colurus Renaud-Mornant, 1981 - type species Raiarctus jesperi Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014 Raiarctus katrinae Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014 Raiarctus variabilis D’Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone De Lucia, 1986
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