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

Stygarctidae Schulz, 1951

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Megastygarctidinae Bello & de Zio Grimaldi, 1998
Stygarctinae Schulz, 1951

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: チカクマムシ科

Literature

original description	Schulz, E. (1951). Uber Stygarctos bradypus n. g. n. sp., einen Tardigraden aus dem Küstengrundwasser, und seine phylogenettische Bedeutung. Kieler Meeresforsch. 8: 86-97.
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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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.

Genbank

Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Stygarctidae Schulz, 1951. 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:136627