Raiarctus
(Redirected from Raiarctus variabilis)
| Raiarctus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Styraconyxidae |
| Genus: | Raiarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1981 |
Raiarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae.[1] The genus was named and first described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1981.
Species
[edit]The genus includes five species:[1]
- Raiarctus aureolatus Renaud-Mornant, 1981
- Raiarctus colurus Renaud-Mornant, 1981 - type species
- Raiarctus jesperi Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
- Raiarctus katrinae Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
- Raiarctus variabilis D’Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone De Lucia, 1986
References
[edit]- ^ a b Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- 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. 515-522.
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