Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Tardigrada > Class Heterotardigrada > Order Arthrotardigrada > Family Neostygarctidae

Neostygarctus Grimaldi de Zio, d'Addabbo Gallo & Morone de Lucia, 1982

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Neostygarctus acanthophorus Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone de Lucia, 1982

Literature

original description	Grimaldi de Zio, S., D'Addabbo Gallo, M. & Morone de Lucia, M.R. (1982). Neostygarctus acanthophorus, n. gen. n. sp., nuovo Tardigrado marino del Mediterraneo. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 23, 319–324.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tardigrada, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 236
additional source	Kristensen, R.M. & Higgins, R.P. (1984). A new family of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada) from the Atlantic coast of Florida, U.S.A. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 103, 295–311.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Hansen, J. G., Kristensen, R. M. & Jørgensen, A. (2012). The armoured marine tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada, Tardigrada). Scientia Danica, series B Biologica 2, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. pp. 91.
additional source	De Zio, S. G.; Gallo, M. D.; Morone de Lucia, M. R. (1987). Adaptive radiation and phylogenesis in marine Tardigrada and the establishment of Neostygarctidae, a new family of Heterotardigrada. Bolletino di zoologia. 54(1): 27-33.
additional source	Kristensen, R. M.; Sørensen, M. V.; Hansen, J. G.; Zeppilli, D. (2015). A new species of Neostygarctus (Arthrotardigrada) from the Condor Seamount in the Azores, Northeast Atlantic. Marine Biodiversity.

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Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Neostygarctus Grimaldi de Zio, d'Addabbo Gallo & Morone de Lucia, 1982. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136647