Opydorscus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Tardigrada |
Class: | Heterotardigrada |
Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
Family: | Halechiniscidae |
Genus: | Opydorscus Renaud-Mornant, 1989 |
Species: | O. fonsecae |
Binomial name | |
Opydorscus fonsecae Renaud-Mornant, 1989 | |
Opydorscus fonsecae is a species of tardigrades. It is the only species in the genus Opydorscus, part of the family Halechiniscidae and the subfamily Orzeliscinae. [1] The species has been found on the Brazilian coast of the South Atlantic Ocean. [2] The genus and the species were named by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1983.
The Stygarctidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was first described by Schulz in 1951. The genus Neoarctus was first placed in the family Stygarctidae, but it was moved to a separate family, Neoarctidae, in 1998.
The Halechiniscidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1928.
The Styraconyxidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was first described by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen and Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1983.
Renaudarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Renaudarctidae. The genus was first described by Reinhardt Kristensen and Robert P. Higgins in 1984, and named after biologist Jeanne Renaud-Mornant.
Renaudarctidae are a family of tardigrades. It was first described in 1984 by Reinhardt Kristensen and Robert P. Higgins, and named after biologist Jeanne Renaud-Mornant.
The Tanarctidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was named and described by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen and Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1980.
Mesostygarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the family Stygarctidae. It was first described and named by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1979.
Halechiniscus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Halechiniscidae. It was named and described by Ferdinand Richters in 1908.
Coronarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Coronarctidae. It was named and described by Renaud-Mornant in 1974.
Florarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Florarctinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Claude Delamare Deboutteville and Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1965.
Parastygarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the family Stygarctidae. It was first described and named by Jeanne Renaud-Debyser in 1965.
Euclavarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Euclavarctinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1975.
Ligiarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Florarctinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1982.
Rhomboarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Renaud-Mornant in 1984.
Wingstrandarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Florarctinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Kristensen in 1984.
Parmursa is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Euclavarctinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1984.
Chrysoarctus is a genus of tardigrades, in the subfamily Halechiniscinae which is part of the family Halechiniscidae. The genus was named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1984.
Tanarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Tanarctidae, named and described by Jeanne Renaud-Debyser in 1959.
Raiarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1981.
Tholoarctus is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae. The genus was named and first described by Kristensen and Renaud-Mornant in 1983.
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