Lepidochaetus zelinkai Grunspan 1908 ...

• Main Author: Kånneby, Tobias
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Gastrotricha; Chaetonotida; Chaetonotidae; Lepidochaetus; Lepidochaetus zelinkai; Abisko; Lapland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5687634; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5687634

Lepidochaetus zelinkai (Grünspan, 1908) (Figure 12) Localities.: Small stream, Mount Snasahögarna, Jämtland (N 63º 12’ 39’’; E 12º 18’ 19’’); Small pond, Askö, Södermanland (N 58º 49’ 23’’; E 17º 38’ 32’’); Freshwater rockpool among Sphagnum spp., Hållö, Bohuslän (N 58º 20’ 03’’; E 11º 12’ 50’’); Artificial ponds, Fiskebäckskil, Bohuslän (N 58 14’ 39’’; E 11º 27’ 16’’); Freshwater rockpool, Runmar, Stockholm archipelago (N 59º 17’ 22’’; E 18º 47’ 56’’); Small lake, Highway E10, Lapland (N 68º 20’ 53’’; E 19º 02’ 16’’); Sphagnum spp. Bog at Highway E10, Lapland (N 68º 26’ 04’’; E 18º 14’ 53’’); Pond south of Lake Torneträsk, Abisko, Lapland (N 68º 21’ 19’’; E 18º 49’ 21’’). Material. 8 specimens. TL, 242–309 µm; FL, 30–35 µm; PhL, 50–62 µm; MD, 9–12 µm; DC, 10–12 DR, 35– 36 VC, 6–8. Long and slender species, with hammer-shaped, three- to five-lobed head, with large cephalion. Dorsal scales are elliptical to heart-shaped and partially overlapping. Three pairs of long rigid bifid spines and a single median ... : Published as part of Kånneby, Tobias, 2011, New species and new records of freshwater Chaetonotida (Gastrotricha) from Sweden, pp. 29-55 in Zootaxa 3115 on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206874 ...