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Issue: Vol. 1589 No. 1: 19 Sep. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-09-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1589.1.4
Page range: 47–55
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 1

Diphascon (Diphascon) faialense sp. nov. a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae) from the Azores and a key to the species of the D. pingue group

Eco-Ethology Research Unit (FCT-331/94) and Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Pr. Gomes Teixeira 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Department of Animal Biology “Marcello La Greca”, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
Eutardigrada Diphascon (D.) faialense sp. nov. Diphascon pingue group Tardigrada Faial Island Azores Archipelago

Abstract

A new tardigrade, Diphascon (Diphascon) faialense sp. nov., is described from a moss sample collected on Faial Island, the Azores. This species belongs to the Diphascon pingue group. It differs from all other species of the group mainly by quantitative characteristics of the bucco-pharyngeal apparatus and of the claws.

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