Styraconyx is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1942.
Species
The genus includes thirteen species:
- Styraconyx craticuliformis <small>Chang & Rho, 1998</small>
- Styraconyx craticulus <small>(Pollock, 1983)</small>
- Styraconyx hallasi <small>Kristensen, 1977</small>
- Styraconyx haploceros <small>Thulin, 1942</small>
- Styraconyx kristenseni <small>Renaud-Mornant, 1981</small>
- Styraconyx nanoqsunguak <small>Kristensen & Higgins, 1984</small> - Nanoqsunguak water bear
- Styraconyx paulae <small>Robotti, 1971</small>
- Styraconyx qivitoq <small>Kristensen & Higgins, 1984</small> - Qivitoq water bear
- Styraconyx sardiniae <small>D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989</small> - Sardinian water bear
- Styraconyx sargassi <small>Thulin, 1942</small>
- Styraconyx testudo <small>D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone De Lucia, 1984</small>
- Styraconyx turbinarium <small>Bartels, Fontoura & Nelson, 2015</small>
- Styraconyx tyrrhenus <small>D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989</small> - Tyrrhenian water bear
References
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.