Chaetonotus (Primochaetus) veronicae Kånneby, 2013, n. sp. ...
Chaetonotus (Primochaetus) veronicae n. sp. (Fig. 22, 23) Type locality: Small stream, Abisko Tourist Station, Abisko, Lapland (N 68º 21’ 23’’; E 18º 47’ 59’’), July 3, 2010. Other localities: Kungsleden, Abisko, Lapland (N 68º 21’ 49’’; E 18º 46’ 64’’), July 3, 2010. Type material: Photographs of o...
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Summary: | Chaetonotus (Primochaetus) veronicae n. sp. (Fig. 22, 23) Type locality: Small stream, Abisko Tourist Station, Abisko, Lapland (N 68º 21’ 23’’; E 18º 47’ 59’’), July 3, 2010. Other localities: Kungsleden, Abisko, Lapland (N 68º 21’ 49’’; E 18º 46’ 64’’), July 3, 2010. Type material: Photographs of one specimen, available at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. Accession number: Holotype, SMNH Type-8446. Photographs of two specimens, available at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. Accession number: Paratypes, SMNH Type-8447 and 8448. Etymology: This species is named in honour of Dr. Veronica Lundgren. Diagnosis: Small species, 123–125 µm in total body length. Body width 25–30 µm, 18 µm, 28–38 µm and 16– 18 µm at head, neck, trunk and base of furca respectively. Head five-lobed with cephalion and weakly developed pleurae. Furca straight, 18–20 µm in length, with thick rigid adhesive tubes. Dorsal body surface covered by round to suboval overlapping scales, anterior ... : 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 581-583, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.3, http://zenodo.org/record/247111 ... |
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