Echiniscus meridionalis Gąsiorek, 2023, stat. rev. ...

• Main Author: Gąsiorek, Piotr
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Heterotardigrada; Echiniscoidea; Echiniscidae; Echiniscus; Echiniscus meridionalis; Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8171597; https://zenodo.org/record/8171597

3.2. Redescription of Echiniscus meridionalis stat. rev. Figs. 2 – 7, Tables 2–4, Supplementary Material 4 with raw morphometric data. ZooBank registration number: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8A36A0BF- AA4F–427F–980B-E70DE960695E. 3.2.1. Terra typica South Orkney Islands. Material examined . South Shetland Islands (see Table 1 for detailed data). 3.2.2. Etymology From Latin meridionalis = southern, referring to the distribution of the species in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic archipelagos. An adjective in nominative singular. 3.2.3. Adult females (i.e. from the third instar onwards; measurements and statistics in Table 2) Body small and plump (Figs. 2A and 3A), light yellow to dark orange in alive specimens. Eyes dark red, minute and dissolving immediately in Hoyer’ s medium. Peribuccal cirri relatively long with respect to the body length (Figs. 2A, 3A and 4A); cirrus A of a moderate length, i.e. reaching approximately 1/3 of the body length; all cephalic cirri with well-delineated cirrophores. Cephalic papillae ... : Published as part of Gąsiorek, Piotr, 2023, Eventually tested: Phylogenetic position of " Testechiniscus " meridionalis (Murray, 1906) (Heterotardigrada) revealed, pp. 49-60 in Zoologischer Anzeiger 304 on pages 52-54, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.02.004, http://zenodo.org/record/8164274 ...