A new record of Limnognathia maerski Kristensen & Funch, 2000 (Micrognathozoa) from the subantarctic Crozet Islands, with redescription of the trophi

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: De Smet, Willem H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Greenland; Kristensen; Crozet Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095283690200153x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1017%2FS095283690200153X; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1017/S095283690200153X; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1017/S095283690200153X

Abstract Limnognathia maerski , class Micrognathozoa, so far known only from Arctic Greenland, is reported from the subantarctic Crozet Islands. Fine morphology of the trophi is redescribed using scanning electron microscopy. Results show that the trophi are composed of the same functional units, i.e. incus, paired mallei and epipharynx, as found in Rotifera Monogononta. The zoogeography of the species is briefly discussed.