Tardigrada from Arctic tundra (Spitsbergen) with description of Isohypsibius karenae sp. n. (Isohypsibiidae)

Abstract Five species of Tardigrada were found in two moss samples collected from the Hornsund area (Ariekammen, Spitsbergen) including one new to science. The new species, Isohypsibius karenae sp. n., differs from the other similar congeners mainly by having a different type of cuticular sculpture,...

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Published in:Polish Polar Research
Main Author: Zawierucha, Krzysztof
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2013
Subjects:
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Arctic
Ariekammen
Hornsund
Svalbard
Polar Research
Tundra
Spitsbergen
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/popore-2013-0016
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https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2013.34.issue-4/popore-2013-0016/popore-2013-0016.pdf
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Summary:Abstract Five species of Tardigrada were found in two moss samples collected from the Hornsund area (Ariekammen, Spitsbergen) including one new to science. The new species, Isohypsibius karenae sp. n., differs from the other similar congeners mainly by having a different type of cuticular sculpture, a different macroplacoid length sequence, by the presence of lunules and cuticular bars under claws as well as by some morphometric characters. The current study increases the number of Isohypsibius species known from Svalbard to thirteen.

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