Stygotantulus

Stygotantulus is a genus of crustacean with the sole species Stygotantulus stocki.^[2] It lives as an ectoparasite on harpacticoid copepods of the families Tisbidae and Canuellidae.^[3] It may be the smallest arthropod in the world, at a length of less than 0.1 millimetres (0.004 in).^[4] The specific name stocki commemorates Jan Hendrik Stock, a Dutch carcinologist.^[5]

Stygotantulus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Tantulocarida
Family:	Basipodellidae
Genus:	Stygotantulus Boxshall & Huys, 1989 [1]
Species:	S. stocki
Binomial name
Stygotantulus stocki Boxshall & Huys, 1989 [1]

See also

• Smallest organisms