The deep sea elements of the Faroe Bank tardigrade fauna with a description of two new species

Two new marine Tardigrada species are described from the calcareous sediments at the steep slope of the Faroe Bank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Parmursa torquata sp. nov. can be distinguished mainly by small cylindrical secondary clavae, and the presence of caudal and cephalic vesicles, and a large...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Limnology
Main Author: Jesper GULDBERG HANSEN
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2007
Subjects:
Tardigrada
Arthrotardigrada
Faroe Bank
Parmursa torquata sp. nov
Coronarctus verrucatus sp. nov
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
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Physical geography
GB3-5030
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
North Atlantic
Tardigrade
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2007.s1.12
https://doaj.org/article/94b91bf15db44669a0de58caa4c92f66

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