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

Raiarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1981

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Raiarctus aureolatus Renaud-Mornant, 1981
Raiarctus variabilis D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone De Lucia, 1986

Literature

original description	Renaud-Mornant, J. (1981). Raiarctus colurus n. g., n. sp., et R. aureolatus n. sp., Tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada) marins nouveaux de sédiments calcaires. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Série 4e, 3, 512–522.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Jørgensen, A.; Boesgaard, T. M.; Møbjerg, N.; Kristensen, R. M. (2014). The tardigrade fauna of Australian marine caves: With descriptions of nine new species of Arthrotardigrada. Zootaxa. 3802(4): 401.

Genbank

Citation

Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Raiarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1981. 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:136642