Stygarctus keralensis is a species of marine tardigrade. It is described from the intertidal area of Vadakara beach, Kerala it can be easily differentiated from closely related species S. gourbaultae.[1] This species was described by groups of researchers namely N.K. Vishnudattan, S. Bijoy Nandan and P.R. Jayachandran of Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India and J.G. Hansen of University of Copenhagen, Denmark. This species has been named after "Kerala State" situated in the south west coast of India where this species live. The present discovery is an outcome of an ongoing Ministry of Earth Sciences-National Centre for Earth Science Studies study on the ecology and diversity of submarine groundwater habitats of Kerala led by Sivasankaran Bijoy Nandan.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Heterotardigrada |
| Order: | Arthrotardigrada |
| Family: | Stygarctidae |
| Genus: | Stygarctus |
| Species: | S. keralensis
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| Stygarctus keralensis Vishnudattan, Bijoy Nandan, Hansen & Jayachandran, 2021
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References
edit- ^ N. K. VISHNUDATTAN, S. BIJOY NANDAN, J. G. HANSEN & P. R. JAYACHANDRAN (2021). "A new Tardigrade species, Stygarctus keralensis sp. nov. (Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from the intertidal zone of Southwest coast of India". Zootaxa. 4985 (3): 381–391. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4985.3.5. PMID 34186802. S2CID 235688035.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Rajwi, Tiki (16 June 2021). "New tardigrade species named after Kerala". The Hindu.
- ^ "Newly discovered species of water bear named after Kerala".
External links
edit- Jagran Josh, retrieved 22 June 2021
- The Hindu.com, retrieved 22 June 2021
- GK Today, retrieved 22 June 2021