Water Bears From The Caribbean Island Of Antigua, With The Description Of A New Macrobiotus Species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

This publication describes the sampling of Tardigrada fauna of Antigua, an island in the West Indies. Six species were found: Milnesium katarzynae , Hypsibius cf. convergens , Mesobiotus harmsworthi , Minibiotus sp. from the Minibiotus intermedius species complex, Paramacrobiotus sp. from the Parama...

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Main Authors: Meyer, Harry A., Hinton, Juliana G., Gladney, W. Logan, Klumpp, Mary C.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2017
Subjects:
Tardigrada
tardigrade
Macrobiotus decepor n. sp.
water bear
Antigua
Milnesium katarzynae
Hypsibius cf. convergens
Mesobiotus harmsworthi
Minibiotus intermedius
Paramacrobiotus areolatus
Paramacrobiotus richtersi
Water Bears
Tardigrade
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.545808
https://zenodo.org/record/545808
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Summary:This publication describes the sampling of Tardigrada fauna of Antigua, an island in the West Indies. Six species were found: Milnesium katarzynae , Hypsibius cf. convergens , Mesobiotus harmsworthi , Minibiotus sp. from the Minibiotus intermedius species complex, Paramacrobiotus sp. from the Paramacrobiotus areolatus species complex, Paramacrobiotus sp. from the P. richtersi species complex, and a new species of Macrobiotus.

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