Eohypsibius nadjae Kristensen 1982 ...

• Main Authors: Trygvadóttir, Birna Vár, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Eutardigrada; Parachela; Eohypsibiidae; Eohypsibius; Eohypsibius nadjae; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Streymoy; Suðuroy
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5627935; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5627935

Eohypsibius nadjae Kristensen, 1982 (Figure 3) Locality. Streymoy: “Við Áir”, homothermic spring 12ºC, altitude 50 m. Suðuroy: “Hvannhagi”, moss cushion, altitude 200 m. Specific diagnosis. Very elongated wormlike body. The 3rd and 4th pair of legs separated by nearly a third of the total body length. Internal and external claws of similar size. Smooth lunules and two cuticular bars on legs I–III. Body length, 175–260 µm (two specimens measured). Eyes absent. Buccal tube length 23 and 26 µm, respectively. The annulations of the posterior part (after the insertion of stylet supports) of the buccal tube cannot be seen in glycerol preparations. Three macroplacoids and a large microplacoid. The macroplacoids increasing in length, or the first and second of almost equal length. First c. 2–3 µm long, second 3 µm and the third 4 µm. Remarks. All Faroese specimens of E. nadjae fit the description of the type material from Disko Island, Greenland (Kristensen 1982). The new examples from this study included specimens ... : Published as part of Trygvadóttir, Birna Vár & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 2011, Eohypsibiidae (Eutardigrada, Tardigrada) from the Faroe Islands with the description of a new genus containing three new species, pp. 39-62 in Zootaxa 2886 on page 44, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277617 ...