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Issue: Vol. 980 No. 1: 16 May. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-05-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.980.1.1
Page range: 1–4
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 3

Isohypsibius qinlingensis sp. nov. (Tardigrada, Hypsibiidae) from China

College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xian 710062 P.R. China
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xian 710062 P.R. China
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xian 710062 P.R. China
Tardigrada taxonomy Isohypsibius qinlingensis sp. nov. China

Abstract

Isohypsibius qinlingensis sp. nov. is described from China. Isohypsibius qinlingensis sp. nov. differs from all known Isohypsibius species with large gibbosities and two macroplacoids in the numbers and arrangement of gibbosities in each row. The new species is similar to Isohypsibius roncisvallei (Binda & Pilato, 1969), but it differs from it in having different arrangement of the gibbosities, and having densely arranged small tubercles on dorsal and lateral side of the body.

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