Florarctus

Florarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Florarctinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Claude Delamare Deboutteville and Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1965.

Species

The genus includes 14 species:

• Florarctus acer <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1989</small>
• Florarctus antillensis <small>Van der Land, 1968</small>
• Florarctus asper <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1989</small>
• Florarctus cervinus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1987</small>
• Florarctus cinctus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1976</small>
• Florarctus glareolus <small>Noda, 1987</small>
• Florarctus heimi <small>Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965</small>
• Florarctus hulingsi <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1976</small>
• Florarctus kwoni <small>Chang & Rho, 1997</small>
• Florarctus pulcher <small>Grimaldi de Zio, Lamarca, D’Addabbo Gallo & Pietanza, 1999</small>
• Florarctus salvati <small>Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965</small>
• Florarctus stellatus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1989</small>
• Florarctus vulcanius <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1987</small>
• Florarctus wunai <small>Fujimoto, 2015</small>

References

Publications

• Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant (1965), Un remarquable genre de Tardigrades des sables coralliens de Nouvelle-Calédonie. [A remarkable genre of tardigrates from coral sands in New Caledonia] Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, vol. 260, p.&nbsp;2581-2583