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Issue: Vol. 1169 No. 1: 10 Apr. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-04-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1169.1.3
Page range: 47–59
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 3

Macrobiotus huziori, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Costa Rica (Central America)

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, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Pozna¾, Poland
Tardigrada Costa Rica new species taxonomy Macrobiotus huziori sp. nov. M. areolatus M. crenatus M. csotiensis M. richtersi group

Abstract

A new species, Macrobiotus huziori sp. nov. is described from moss samples collected in Costa Rica (Central America). The eggs of the new species have a unique, never described before, type of multi-level areolation which makes M. huziori sp. nov. easily distinguishable from all the known species. We also provide SEM pictures revealing the complex structure of the granulation on the legs (each granule consists of many smaller cones/granules).

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