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Type: Articles
Published: 2005-11-15
Page range: 33-38
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A new species of Tardigrada Bryodelphax brevidentatus sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from China (Asia)

Department of Animal Taxonomy & Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Pozna¾, Poland
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Department of Zoology, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B1, SK84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
Tardigrada Bryodelphax brevidentatus new species China

Abstract

A new heterotardigrade, Bryodelphax brevidentatus sp. nov. is described from moss sample collected in China. The new species is most similar to Bryodelphax tatrensis (W¨¬glarska) but differs from it mainly by the different appearance of the dentate collar (different in shape and length of teeth), shorter cirri A and shorter claws.

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