Integrative systematic studies on tardigrades from Antarctica identify new genera and new species within Macrobiotoidea and Echiniscoidea

• Published in: Invertebrate Systematics
• Main Authors: Matteo Vecchi, Michele Cesari, Roberto Bertolani, K. Ingemar Jönsson, Lorena Rebecchi, Roberto Guidetti
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: CSIRO Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; Greenland; Indel’; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Tardigrade
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1071/IS15033

Tardigrades represent one of the most abundant groups of Antarctic metazoans in terms of abundance and diversity, thanks to their ability to withstand desiccation and freezing; however, their biodiversity is underestimated. Antarctic tardigrades from Dronning Maud Land and Victoria Land were analyse...