Clavarctus falculus is a species of tardigrades. It is the only species in the genus Clavarctus, part of the family Halechiniscidae. The species has been found in deep sea in the Mozambique Channel.
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Further reading
- Renaud-Mornant, 1983 : Tardigrades abyssaux nouveaux de la sous-famille des Euclavarctinae n. subfam. (Arthrotardigrada, Halechiniscidae). [New Deep Sea Tardigrades in the Subfamily Euclavarctinae n. subfam. (Arthrotardigrada, Halechiniscidae)] Bulletin of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A: Zoology, Biology and Animal Ecology, 1983, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 201-219