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Marine Tardigrada from the Mexican Caribbean with the description of Styraconyx robertoi sp. nov. (Arthrotardigrada: Styraconyxidae)

El Colegio de la Frontera Sur-Unidad Chetumal. Departamento de Ecología y Sistemática. Av. Centenario km 5.5, Chetumal Quintana Roo, México
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur-Unidad Chetumal. Departamento de Ecología y Sistemática. Av. Centenario km 5.5, Chetumal Quintana Roo, México
Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur-Unidad Chetumal. Departamento de Ecología y Sistemática. Av. Centenario km 5.5, Chetumal Quintana Roo, México
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Tardigrada Meiofauna Mesoamerican Barrier Reef biodiversity lagoon interstitial subtidal sediments

Abstract

Marine tardigrades were sampled at three sites on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Eleven taxa were collected, one of which is described as a new species. Styraconyx robertoi sp. nov. is characterized by: asymmetric primary clavae; dorsal cuticle with a grid-like sculpture; claws with reduced accessory hooks; females with peduncles on only two digits (the external) of legs I–IV; males with peduncles only on the external digits of legs I–III and peduncles on all four digits of leg IV. Styraconyx robertoi sp. nov. is most similar to Scraticuliformis Chang & Rho, 1998 and S. kristenseni Renaud-Mornant, 1981 by having asymmetric primary clavae but differs from S. craticuliformis mainly by the number of peduncles and from S. kristenseni mainly by the presence of a grid-like dorsal sculpture. Additionally, a comparison of material collected from the same region, but reported previously only as genus level records, was carried out in order to produce a refined list of the known Mexican marine tardigrade species.

 

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    https://doi.org/10.1080/12265071.1998.9647426

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    https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-19572007000200006

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    https://doi.org/10.1080/11250008709355608

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    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3802.4.1

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    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00657.x

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    https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.391

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    https://doi.org/10.2307/3226344

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    https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz122

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    https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1265

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    https://doi.org/10.2307/3224613

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    https://doi.org/10.2307/3226877

    Ramazzotti, G. (1962) Il Phylum Tardigrada. Memorie dell’Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia, 14, 1–595.

    Renaud-Debyser, J. (1959) Études sur la faune interstitielle des Iles Bahamas. III. Tardigrades. Vie et Milieu, 10, 296–302.

    Renaud-Mornant, J. (1974) Une nouvelle famille de Tardigrades marins abyssaux: les Coronarctidae fam nov (Heterotardigrada). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, 278, 3087–3090.

    Renaud-Mornant, J. (1981) Tardigrades marins (Arthrotardigrada) du Pacifique Sud. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série 4e, Section A, 3, 799–813.

    Renaud-Mornant, J. (1982) Sous-famille et genre nouveaux de Tardigrades marins (Arthrotardigrada). Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série 4e, Section A, 1–2, 89–94.

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    Roberts, C.M., McClean, C.J., Vernon, J.E.N., Hawkins, J.P., Allen, G.R., McAllister, D.E., Mittermeier, C.G., Schueler, F.W., Spalding, M., Wells, F., Vynne, C. & Werner, T.B. (2002) Marine Biodiversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities for Tropical Reefs. Science, 295 (5558), 1280–1284.

    https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1067728

    Romano III, F.A., Gallo, M., D’Addabbo, R., Accogli, G., Baguley, J. & Montagna, P. (2011) Deep-sea tardigrades in the northern Gulf of Mexico with a description of a new species of Coronarctidae (Tardigrada : Arthrotardigrada), Coronarctus mexicus. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 49, 48–52.

    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00597.x

    Santos, E., Rubal, M., Veiga, P., da Rocha, C.M.C. & Fontoura, P. (2018) Batillipes (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada) from the Portuguese coast with the description of two new species and a new dichotomous key for all species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 425, 1–32.

    https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.425

    Schulz, E. (1951) Über Stygarctus bradypus n. g. n. sp., einen Tardigraden aus dem Kustengrundwasser, und seine phylogenetische Bedeutung. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 8, 86–97.

    Schulz, E. (1953) Eine neue Tardigraden-Gattung von der pazifischen Küste. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 151, 306–310.

    Schulz, E. (1955) Studien an marinen Tardigraden. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 11, 73–79.

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