Stygarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Stygarctidae. It was named by Erich Schulz in 1951. The name is a combination of Greek Styx and arktos ("bear").
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Stygarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Stygarctidae. It was named by Erich Schulz in 1951. The name is a combination of Greek Styx and arktos ("bear").
==Species== The genus includes the following species: Stygarctus abornatus McKirdy, Schmidt & McGinty-Bayly, 1976 Stygarctus ayatori Fujimoto, 2014 Stygarctus bradypus Schulz, 1951 Stygarctus gourbaultae Renaud-Mornant, 1981 Stygarctus granulatus Pollock, 1970 Stygarctus lambertii Grimaldi de Zio, D’Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Daddabbo, 1987 Stygarctus spinifer Hiruta, 1985 Stygarctus keralensis Vishnudattan, Bijoy Nandan, Hansen & Jayachandran, 2021
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