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Issue: Vol. 1371 No. 1: 4 Dec. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-12-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1371.1.4
Page range: 45–56
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Macrobiotus sklodowskae sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae, richtersi group) from Cyprus

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 Poznań, Poland
Department of Systematic Zoology and Zoogeography, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 6, 30-060 Kraków, Poland
Tardigrada new species taxonomy Macrobiotus sklodowskae sp. nov. M. gerlachae M. vanescens

Abstract

A new species, Macrobiotus sklodowskae sp. nov. is described from moss samples collected in Cyprus. The new species belongs to the richtersi group and differs from the most similar M. gerlachae Pilato et al., 2004 mainly by having a bigger microplacoid with lateral wings and lacking a small cap-like structure on top of the egg processes.

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