Chaetonotus (Hystricochaetonotus) aemilianus Balsamo 1978 ...

• Main Author: Kånneby, Tobias
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Gastrotricha; Chaetonotida; Chaetonotidae; Chaetonotus; Chaetonotus aemilianus; Abisko; Lapland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5632020; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5632020

Chaetonotus (Hystricochaetonotus) aemilianus Balsamo, 1978 (Fig. 11) Localities: Gravel pit, Åhus, Skåne (N 55º 55’ 43’’; E 14º 15’ 08’’), April 10, 2009; A small pond close to lake Torneträsk at Abisko Scientific Research Station, Lapland (N 68º 21’ 19’’; E 18º 49’ 21’’), June 30, 2010. Material: 4 specimens. TL, 112–122 µm; FL, 16–18 µm; AL, 9–10 µm; PhL, 28–29 µm; MD, 4–5 µm; TNC, ~14; DC, 8–9; DR, ~12; VLC, 5–6; DS, 5– 7 x 4–5 µm; DSp, 5–6 µm; VC, 7; VTS, 8 x 3–4 µm. Small species. Head rounded to weakly five-lobed with two pairs of cephalic sensory ciliary tufts. Hypostomium absent. Two pairs of dorsal sensory bristles present, the posterior pair emerging from specialized sub-triangular double-keeled scales at U79. Furca straight with adhesive tubes constituting approximately half of the total furca length. Head and neck regions may be naked or covered by smaller scales similar to those of the trunk region (Balsamo 1980). Dorsal trunk surface covered by three-lobed to pentagonal scales, in general with ... : Published as part of Kånneby, Tobias, 2013, New species and records of freshwater Chaetonotus (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotidae) from Sweden, pp. 551-588 in Zootaxa 3701 (5) on pages 568-569, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.3, http://zenodo.org/record/247111 ...