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Parastygarctus higginsi Renaud-Debyser, 1965

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Renaud-Debyser, J. (1965). Parastygarctus higginsi n. g., n. sp., Tardigrade marin Interstitiel de Madagascar. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> 260, 955–957.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Tardigrada
class
Heterotardigrada
order
Arthrotardigrada
family
Stygarctidae
genus
Parastygarctus
species
Parastygarctus higginsi

Name

Homonyms
Parastygarctus higginsi Renaud-Debyser, 1965

Bibliographic References

  1. Bello, Giambattista, and Susanna de Zio Grimaldi, 1998: Phylogeny of the Genera of the Stygarctidae and Related Families (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada). Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 237, no. 2-3. 171-183.
  2. Degma, P.; Bertolani, R.; Guidetti, R. (2009-2016). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. (Assessed 10/02/2017) pp. 46.
  3. Guidetti, Roberto, and Roberto Bertolani, 2005: Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification. Zootaxa, vol. 845. 1-46.
  4. Renaud-Debyser, J. (1965). Parastygarctus higginsi n. g., n. sp., Tardigrade marin Interstitiel de Madagascar. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> 260, 955–957.
  5. van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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