Styraconyx
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| Genus: | Styraconyx Thulin, 1942
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Styraconyx is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconixidae[1] The genus was named and described by Renaud-Mornant in 1974
Its etymology is Greek styrax or styrakos and onyx (onyx).
The genus name gave the name to its own family of tardigrades named in 1983, no second y would be used as it would have an i.
Species
According to Degma, Bertolani et Guidetti (2016),[1] this 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
References
Wikispecies has information related to Styraconyx.
- ^ a b Degma; Bertolani; Guidetti (15 December 2016). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2016) (PDF). 31. University of Modena.
Further reading
- Thulin (1942), Ein neuer mariner Tardigrad. (A New Underwater Tardigrades) Goteborgs Vetenskaps Samhalles Handlingar, ser. 6, vol. 2B, no. 5, p. 1-10.