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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Further reading
Schulz, Über Stygarctus bradypus n. g., n. sp., einen Tardigraden aus dem Küstengrundwasser, und seine phylogenetische Bedeutung. (On Styarctus bradypus) Kieler Meeresforschungen, vol. 8, pp. 86–97. Nomenclator Zoologicus info