Macrobiotus creber Pilato & Lisi, 2009, sp. n. ...

• Main Authors: Pilato, Giovanni, Lisi, Oscar
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Eutardigrada; Parachela; Macrobiotidae; Macrobiotus; Macrobiotus creber; Bird Island; Round Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6214850; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6214850

Macrobiotus creber sp. n. Fig. 1 Material examined: Praslin Island, south of Mount Cabris, holotype (slide No. 5270), 18 paratypes and 5 eggs (with fully developed embryo) in a sample of mosses on soil; Silhouette, primary coastal forest (1 egg) in a leaf-litter sample; Grande Soeur, 1 egg in a leaf-litter sample; Petite Soeur, 2 eggs with fully developed embryo in a leaf-litter sample; Bird Island, 1 egg in a leaf-litter sample; Round Island (Praslin), 15 specimen and 10 eggs in a leaf-litter sample. Type repository: Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Collection of Binda and Pilato (Museum of the Department of Animal Biology, University of Catania). Species diagnosis: Cuticle smooth with neither pores nor fine granulation; eye spots absent; buccopharyngeal apparatus of Macrobiotus type; buccal armature with ten peribuccal lamellae, an anterior band of rounded teeth, a posterior ring of triangular teeth and a system of three dorsal and three ventral transversal ridges; stylet supports inserted on ... : Published as part of Pilato, Giovanni & Lisi, Oscar, 2009, Tardigrades of the Seychelles Islands, with the description of three new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2124 on pages 3-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.188178 ...