Higginsarctus Hansen & Kristensen 2021, gen. nov.
Higginsarctus gen. nov., sp. ind. Material examined FRANCE • 1 two-clawed larva; North Atlantic Ocean: English Channel, Bay of Morlaix, 48°43′ N, 03°54′ W, depth 20–30 m; 15 Mar. 1982; R.M. Kristensen leg.; Dentalium sand; NHMD293912. USA • 2 ♀♀, adults; Atlantic Ocean: South C...
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ftdatacite:10.5281/zenodo.5213170 2023-05-15T17:35:54+02:00 Higginsarctus Hansen & Kristensen 2021, gen. nov. Hansen, Jesper G. Kristensen, Reinhardt M. 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5213170 https://zenodo.org/record/5213170 unknown Zenodo http://zenodo.org/record/5211787 http://publication.plazi.org/id/DA41AD017B49FFE5FFC7FFE496557629 http://zoobank.org/43F5C871-A651-47FB-B0A8-29C41EEEEBDD https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1461 http://zenodo.org/record/5211787 http://publication.plazi.org/id/DA41AD017B49FFE5FFC7FFE496557629 http://zoobank.org/43F5C871-A651-47FB-B0A8-29C41EEEEBDD https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5213169 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit Open Access Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode cc0-1.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC0 Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Tardigrada Heterotardigrada Arthrotardigrada Halechiniscidae Higginsarctus Text Taxonomic treatment article-journal ScholarlyArticle 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5213170 https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1461 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5213169 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Higginsarctus gen. nov., sp. ind. Material examined FRANCE • 1 two-clawed larva; North Atlantic Ocean: English Channel, Bay of Morlaix, 48°43′ N, 03°54′ W, depth 20–30 m; 15 Mar. 1982; R.M. Kristensen leg.; Dentalium sand; NHMD293912. USA • 2 ♀♀, adults; Atlantic Ocean: South Carolina; 33°03.7′ N, 77°22.07′ W; depth 289 m; 19 Nov. 1983; R.P. Higgins (RH 1839); R/V Cape Hatteras medium phosphorite sand; NHMD-293915, NHMD- 293917 • 1 two-clawed larva; same collection data as for preceding; NHMD-293916. Remarks Among the collected material from South Carolina, USA, two adult females were found, both having large, rigid and backwards bending primary clavae supported by strong internal cuticular structures at their bases, as well as three pairs of lateral alae supported by ramuli. These specimens likely present yet another species of Higginsarctus gen. nov., different to the new species described above. Unfortunately, further details cannot be accessed due to the poor condition of the specimens. In addition to the two unidentifiable adult specimens of Higginsarctus gen. nov., two larval specimens were found; a 2-clawed larva from Roscoff, France and a 2-clawed larva from South Carolina, USA. Both larvae possess large, rigid and backwards bending primary clavae supported by strong internal cuticular structures at their bases, a character shared by Ligiarctus and Higginsarctus gen. nov. At this larval stage, alae are not present. Co-occurring only with adult specimens of Higginsarctus gen. nov. (no adult specimens of Ligiarctus were found in the samples), these larvae most likely belongs to the new genus. However, the conclusion as to whether they belong to Ligiarctus or Higginsarctus gen. nov. cannot be made with certainty. : Published as part of Hansen, Jesper G. & Kristensen, Reinhardt M., 2021, A new genus and five new species of the subfamily Florarctinae (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada), pp. 149-184 in European Journal of Taxonomy 762 (1) on page 180, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1461, http://zenodo.org/record/5211787 Text North Atlantic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Kristensen ENVELOPE(-159.667,-159.667,-86.333,-86.333) Reinhardt ENVELOPE(177.200,177.200,-84.200,-84.200) |
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Higginsarctus gen. nov., sp. ind. Material examined FRANCE • 1 two-clawed larva; North Atlantic Ocean: English Channel, Bay of Morlaix, 48°43′ N, 03°54′ W, depth 20–30 m; 15 Mar. 1982; R.M. Kristensen leg.; Dentalium sand; NHMD293912. USA • 2 ♀♀, adults; Atlantic Ocean: South Carolina; 33°03.7′ N, 77°22.07′ W; depth 289 m; 19 Nov. 1983; R.P. Higgins (RH 1839); R/V Cape Hatteras medium phosphorite sand; NHMD-293915, NHMD- 293917 • 1 two-clawed larva; same collection data as for preceding; NHMD-293916. Remarks Among the collected material from South Carolina, USA, two adult females were found, both having large, rigid and backwards bending primary clavae supported by strong internal cuticular structures at their bases, as well as three pairs of lateral alae supported by ramuli. These specimens likely present yet another species of Higginsarctus gen. nov., different to the new species described above. Unfortunately, further details cannot be accessed due to the poor condition of the specimens. In addition to the two unidentifiable adult specimens of Higginsarctus gen. nov., two larval specimens were found; a 2-clawed larva from Roscoff, France and a 2-clawed larva from South Carolina, USA. Both larvae possess large, rigid and backwards bending primary clavae supported by strong internal cuticular structures at their bases, a character shared by Ligiarctus and Higginsarctus gen. nov. At this larval stage, alae are not present. Co-occurring only with adult specimens of Higginsarctus gen. nov. (no adult specimens of Ligiarctus were found in the samples), these larvae most likely belongs to the new genus. However, the conclusion as to whether they belong to Ligiarctus or Higginsarctus gen. nov. cannot be made with certainty. : Published as part of Hansen, Jesper G. & Kristensen, Reinhardt M., 2021, A new genus and five new species of the subfamily Florarctinae (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada), pp. 149-184 in European Journal of Taxonomy 762 (1) on page 180, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1461, http://zenodo.org/record/5211787 |
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