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Neostygarctus is a genus of tardigrades. It is the only genus in the family Neostygarctidae. It was named and described by Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo and Morone De Lucia in 1982.

Species

The genus includes three species:

• 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'".
• Neostygarctus oceanopolis Kristensen, Sørensen, Hansen & Zeppilli, 2015

References

1. ^ 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.
2. Fujimoto, Shinta; Miyazaki, Katsumi (1 May 2013). "Neostygarctus lovedeluxe n. 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.

Further reading

• Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia (1982), Neostygarctus acanthophorus, n. gen. n. sp., nuovo tardigrado marino del Mediterraneo. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, vol. 23, no, 3, p. 319-323.

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