A new species of Diphascon from New Brunswick, Canada (Tardigrada)
A new tardigrade species, Diphascon (Diphascon)burti, is described from lichens and mosses in New Brunswick, Canada. It differs from other species of the genus Diphascon by the presence of two macroplacoids, a large flared septulum, and a transverse pseudoseptulum. A pseudoseptulum has been reported...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Zoology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1991
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z91-264 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z91-264 |
Summary: | A new tardigrade species, Diphascon (Diphascon)burti, is described from lichens and mosses in New Brunswick, Canada. It differs from other species of the genus Diphascon by the presence of two macroplacoids, a large flared septulum, and a transverse pseudoseptulum. A pseudoseptulum has been reported previously in only one species from Antarctica. The description of D. burti increases the number of Diphascon species recorded from Canada to 15. |
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