Milnesium berladnicorum sp. n. (Eutardigrada, Apochela, Milnesiidae), a new species of water bear from Romania

In a lichen sample collected from a tree in Bârlad town (Vaslui County, Romania), a new tardigrade species belonging to the genus Milnesium (granulatum group) was found. Milnesium berladnicorum sp. n. is most similar (in the type of dorsal sculpture) to Milnesium beasleyi Kaczmarek et al., 2012 but...

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Published in:ZooKeys
Main Authors: Daniel Ciobanu, Krzysztof Zawierucha, Ioan Moglan, Łukasz Kaczmarek
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014
Subjects:
Zoology
QL1-991
Bya
Tardigrade
water bear
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.429.7755
https://doaj.org/article/b90d0d230fa04278b90b302942743e6f
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Summary:In a lichen sample collected from a tree in Bârlad town (Vaslui County, Romania), a new tardigrade species belonging to the genus Milnesium (granulatum group) was found. Milnesium berladnicorum sp. n. is most similar (in the type of dorsal sculpture) to Milnesium beasleyi Kaczmarek et al., 2012 but differs from it mainly bya different claw configuration and some morphometric characters. Additionally, the new species differs from other congeners of the granulatum group by the different type of dorsal sculpture, claw configuration and some morphometric characters.

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