Styraconyxidae

The Styraconyxidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was first described by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen and Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1983.

Genera

The family includes the following genera:

• Angursa <small>Pollock, 1979</small>
• Bathyechiniscus <small>Steiner, 1926</small>
• Lepoarctus <small>Kristensen & Renaud-Mornant, 1983</small>
• Paratanarctus <small>D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio, Morone De Lucia & Troccoli, 1992</small>
• Pleocola <small>Cantacuzène, 1951</small>
• Raiarctus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1981</small>
• Rhomboarctus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1984</small>
• Styraconyx <small>Thulin, 1942</small>
• Tetrakentron <small>Cuénot, 1892</small>
• Tholoarctus <small>Kristensen & Renaud-Mornant, 1983</small>

References

Further reading

• Kristensens & Renaud-Mornant, 1983 : Existence d'arthrotardigrades semi-benthiques de genres nouveaux de la sous-famille des Styraconyxinae subfam. nov. Cahiers de Biologie Marine (Marine Biologoical Books), vol. 24, no. 3, p.&nbsp;337-353.