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Styraconyx is a genus of tardigrades in the family Styraconyxidae.^[1] The genus was named and first described by Gustav Thulin in 1942.

Species

The genus includes sixteen species:^[1]^[2]

Styraconyx craticuliformis Chang & Rho, 1998
Styraconyx craticulus (Pollock, 1983)
Styraconyx hallasi Kristensen, 1977
Styraconyx haploceros Thulin, 1942
Styraconyx kristenseni Renaud-Mornant, 1981
Styraconyx nanoqsunguak Kristensen & Higgins, 1984
Styraconyx paulae Robotti, 1971
Styraconyx qivitoq Kristensen & Higgins, 1984
Styraconyx robertoi Pérez-Pech, de Jésus-Navarrate, DeMilio, Anguas-Escalante & Hansen, 2020
Styraconyx sardiniae D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone de Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989
Styraconyx sargassi Thulin, 1942
Styraconyx takeshii Fujimoto, Suzuki, Ito, Tamura & Tsujimoto, 2020
Styraconyx testudo D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio & Morone de Lucia, 1984
Styraconyx turbinarium Bartels, Fontoura & Nelson, 2015
Styraconyx tyrrhenus D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone de Lucia & Grimaldi de Zio, 1989
Styraconyx vargasi Bartels & Fontoura, 2021

1 2 Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June 2018). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species (2009-2018) (PDF). 34th Ed. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
↑ Guidetti R, McInnes SJ, Kristensen RM, eds. (2026). "Styraconyx Thulin, 1942". World List of Tardigrada. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 July 2026.