Styraconyx
Sign in to saveStyraconyx is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1942.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumTardigrada
- ClassHeterotardigrada
- OrderArthrotardigrada
- FamilyStyraconyxidae
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- Parent taxon
- Halechiniscidae
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- Styraconyx
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- Thulin, 1942
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Styraconyx is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1942.
==Species== The genus includes thirteen species: 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
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