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Issue: Vol. 1008 No. 1: 14 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1008.1.6
Page range: 47–56
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 3

Minibiotus weglarskae, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Mongolia

Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences,University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Szamarzewskiego 91 a, 60-569 Poznañ, Poland
School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia
Tardigrada Minibiotus weglarskae sp. nov. Minibiotus bisoctus Minibiotus floriparus new species

Abstract

A new eutardigrade, Minibiotus weglarskae sp. nov. is described from a lichen sample collected in Mongolia. This species is similar to Minibiotus bisoctus (Horning et al.) in having ten transverse bands of irregularly shaped pores around the body but differs from it by having a narrower buccal tube, much shorter macroplacoid row length and much shorter claws. The microplacoid of the new species is round and solid whilst that of M. bisoctus is lens-shaped and not solid.

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