Austeruseus faeroensis ...

• Main Authors: Trygvadóttir, Birna Vár, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Eutardigrada; Parachela; Eohypsibiidae; Austeruseus; Austeruseus faeroensis; Eysturoy; Faroe Islands; Suðuroy
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5627939; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5627939

Austeruseus faeroensis nov. sp. (Figures 4–8) Type material. The holotype (slide FO30-005 [ZMUC-TAR 1068]), 2 paratypes (slides FO30-010c and FO30- 011-012b [ZMUC-TAR 1069 and ZMUC-TAR 1071]) and one embryonated egg (slide FO30-011b [ZMUC-TAR 1070]). The slides are deposited in the Zoological Museum, the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Type locality. Summit of Vaðhorn mountain, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands (Fig. 1 B). The sample was a large moss cushion with underlying soil. GPS: 62°16.909’N, 7°00.349’W. Altitude 726 m a.s.l. Date: 20 November 2003. Coll.: Regin Árting. Additional material. One specimen (F036-011 [ZMUC-TAR-1072]) was found at “Hvannhagi”, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. The sample was a large moss cushion. GPS: 61°34.375’N, 6°49.576’W. Altitude 200 m a.s.l. Date: 24 September 2004. Coll.: Uni Árting. Etymology. A. faeroensis is named after the type locality on Faroe Islands. Specific diagnosis. Medium sized animals with two macroplacoids (the first broken ... : 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 pages 45-46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277617 ...