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

Neostygarctidae de Zio Grimaldi, D'Addabbo Gallo & De Lucia Morone, 1987

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Neostygarctus Grimaldi de Zio, d'Addabbo Gallo & Morone de Lucia, 1982

Literature

basis of record	Fujimoto, S.; Miyazaki, K. (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.
additional source	Tchesunov, A. V. (2018). A new tardigrade species of the genus Neostygarctus Grimaldi de Zio et al., 1982 (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada) from the Great Meteor Seamount, Northeast Atlantic. European Journal of Taxonomy. (479):1-17.
additional source	Fontoura, P.; Bartels, P. J.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, R. M.; Hansen, J. G. (2017). A dichotomous key to the genera of the Marine Heterotardigrades (Tardigrada). Zootaxa. 4294(1): 1.
additional source	Kristensen, R. M.; Sørensen, M. V.; Hansen, J. G.; Zeppilli, D. (2015). A new species of Neostygarctus (Arthrotardigrada) from the Condor Seamount in the Azores, Northeast Atlantic. Marine Biodiversity.
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. Neostygarctidae de Zio Grimaldi, D'Addabbo Gallo & De Lucia Morone, 1987. 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:844348