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Neostygarctus
Genus of tardigrades
Neostygarctus is a genus of tardigrades. It is the only genus in the family Neostygarctidae.[1] It was named and described by Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo and Morone De Lucia in 1982.
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| Genus: | Neostygarctus Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1982 |
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The genus includes three species:[1]
- Neostygarctus acanthophorus Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1982
- Neostygarctus lovedeluxe Fujimoto & Miyazaki, 2013, named after a Stand from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure that was in turn named after an album by Sade; the discoverers said that the "hairy appearance of the new species appears as if affected by the power of 'Love Deluxe'".[2]
- Neostygarctus oceanopolis Kristensen, Sørensen, Hansen & Zeppilli, 2015
- 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.
- Fujimoto, Shinta; Miyazaki, Katsumi (1 May 2013). "Neostygarctus lovedeluxen. Sp. From the Miyako Islands, Japan: The First Record of Neostygarctidae (Heterotardigrada: Arthrotardigrada) from the Pacific". Zoological Science. 30 (5): 414–419. doi:10.2108/zsj.30.414. PMID 23646947. S2CID 35341117.
- Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia (1982), Neostygarctus acanthophorus, n. gen. n. sp., nuovo tardigrado marino del Mediterraneo. [Neostygarctus acanthophorus, n. gen. n. sp., New Marine Tardigrades of the Mediterranean] Cahiers de Biologie Marine, vol. 23, no, 3, p. 319-323.
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