Stygotantulus is a genus of crustacean with the sole species Stygotantulus stocki.[2] It lives as an ectoparasiteonharpacticoid 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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Tantulocarida |
| Family: | Basipodellidae |
| Genus: | Stygotantulus Boxshall & Huys, 1989 [1] |
| Species: |
S. stocki
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| Binomial name | |
| Stygotantulus stocki Boxshall & Huys, 1989 [1] | |
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