The tardigrade fauna of Australian marine caves: With descriptions of nine new species of Arthrotardigrada
Author
Jørgensen, Aslak
Author
Boesgaard, Tom M.
Author
Møbjerg, Nadja
Author
Kristensen, Reinhardt M.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3802
4
401
443
journal article
45658
10.11646/zootaxa.3802.4.1
43524c34-a5b7-4f7e-908a-3e3b61ffc6db
1175-5326
252490
CF479CC3-C014-460D-9C71-3A6C2AB2778B
Subfamily
Styraconyxinae
Kristensen & Renaud-Mornant, 1983
Diagnosis (emended from
Kristensen & Higgins 1984
):
Halechiniscids with two or four peduncles on four digits; either internal peduncles absent or heart-shaped proximal pad present. Three to four hooks present on each claw, sometimes secondarily reduced to only one or two hooks. Claws can be retracted into membranous sheath. Secondary clavae normally reduced or lacking. Cirrus A [lateral cirrus] and Cirrus E similar; primary clavae and sense organs of the fourth leg also similar. The cuticle is variable but dorsal cuticular plates are never present.