NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Styraconyxinae
  Family - Halechiniscidae
  Order - Arthrotardigrada
  Class - Heterotardigrada
  Phylum - Tardigrada
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Styraconyx sargassi
      Species - Styraconyx paulae
      Species - Styraconyx haplocerus
      Species - Styraconyx kristenseni
      Species - Styraconyx craticulus
      Species - Styraconyx nanoqsunguak
      Species - Styraconyx qivitoq
      Species - Styraconyx hallasi
      Species - Styraconyx craticuliformis
      Species - Styraconyx sardiniae
      Species - Styraconyx testudo
      Species - Styraconyx tyrrhenus