A new tardigrade species of the genus Neostygarctus Grimaldi de Zio et al., 1982 (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada) from the Great Meteor Seamount, Northeast Atlantic

• Published in: European Journal of Taxonomy
• Main Author: Alexei V. Tchesunov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2018
• Subjects: Arthrotardigrada; marine Tardigrada; Neostygarctus; seamounts; taxonomy; Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Pacific; Kristensen; Meteor Seamount; Northeast Atlantic; Tardigrade
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.479; https://doaj.org/article/4866c735704a42adb737a321a0057161

A new species of Neostygarctus Grimaldi de Zio et al., 1982 is described from the Great Meteor Seamount summit plateau in the Northeast Atlantic. Neostygarctus grossmeteori sp. nov. is characterized by the number and position of dorsomedian spines (five spines on the cephalic plate and each body pla...