Macrobiotus aradasi Binda, Pilato & Lisi, 2005, sp. nov. ...
Macrobiotus aradasi sp. nov. (Fig. 2) Material examined. King George Island, Admiralty Bay; 30 specimens (holotype and paratypes) and 14 eggs, one of which with fully developed embryo, from moss samples. Type repository. Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum der Universität Hamburg. Descript...
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| Summary: | Macrobiotus aradasi sp. nov. (Fig. 2) Material examined. King George Island, Admiralty Bay; 30 specimens (holotype and paratypes) and 14 eggs, one of which with fully developed embryo, from moss samples. Type repository. Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum der Universität Hamburg. Description of the holotype. Body length 432 m; colourless, cuticle smooth, eyes present. Buccopharyngeal apparatus of Macrobiotus type (Fig. 2 A, B); mouth terminal with ten peribuccal lamellae; buccal cavity without an anterior band of fine teeth, with a posterior ring of very fine triangular teeth and three dorsal and three ventral delicate transverse ridges. Also some very fine ventral supplementary teeth are present. The buccal tube 43.6 m long and 5.3 m wide (pt = 12.2); the stylet supports are inserted on the buccal tube at 72.2 % of its length (pt = 72.2). The pharyngeal bulb has apophyses, 3 short macroplacoids without narrowings, microplacoid present; first macroplacoid 6.0 m long (pt = 13.8) second 4.7 m (pt = ... : Published as part of Binda, Maria Grazia, Pilato, Giovanni & Lisi, Oscar, 2005, Remarks on Macrobiotus furciger Murray, 1906 and description of three new species of the furciger group (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae), pp. 55-68 in Zootaxa 1075 on pages 60-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273289 ... |
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