Raiarctus

Raiarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1981.

Species

The genus includes five species:

• Raiarctus aureolatus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1981</small>
• Raiarctus colurus <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1981 - type species</small>
• Raiarctus jesperi <small>Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014</small>
• Raiarctus katrinae <small>Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014</small>
• Raiarctus variabilis <small>D’Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone De Lucia, 1986</small>

References

Further reading

• Renaud-Mornant, 1981 : Raiarctus colurus n. g., n. sp., et R. aureolatus n. sp., tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada) marins nouveaux de sédiments calcaires.Bulletin from the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section A: Zoology, Biology and Animal Ecology, vol. 3, no 2, p.&nbsp;515-522.