Tardigrada of Grand Cayman, West Indies, with descriptions of two new species of eutardigrade, Doryphoribius tessellatus (Hypsibiidae) and Macrobiotus caymanensis (Macrobiotidae)

• Main Author: Meyer, Harry A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Phyllodocida; Aphroditidae; Tardigrada; Eutardigrada; Parachela; Hypsibiidae; Macrobiotidae; Arctic; New Zealand; Spallanzani; Tardigrade
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.205995; https://zenodo.org/record/205995

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