A Contribution to the Tardigrade Fauna of Georgia, USA

Tardigrada (water bears) is a phylum of microscopic animals commonly found in mosses, lichens, leaf litter, and freshwater. There are no published records of marine tardigrades from Georgia. Twelve species have been reported from four counties in the state of Georgia, USA. Eighteen species of water...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hinton, Juliana G., Meyer, Harry A, Peet, Brad
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Digital Commons @ the Georgia Academy of Science 2016
Subjects:
Tardigrada
bryofauna
water bear
biodiversity of Georgia
Biodiversity
Biology
Life Sciences
Zoology
Water Bears
Tardigrade
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.gaacademy.org/gjs/vol74/iss2/14
https://digitalcommons.gaacademy.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=gjs
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Summary:Tardigrada (water bears) is a phylum of microscopic animals commonly found in mosses, lichens, leaf litter, and freshwater. There are no published records of marine tardigrades from Georgia. Twelve species have been reported from four counties in the state of Georgia, USA. Eighteen species of water bear were present in lichen, moss, and leaf litter samples from eight additional counties in northern and central Georgia. Ten species – Pseudechiniscus suillus, Milnesium bohleberi, Hypsibius convergens, Astatumen trinacriae, Macrobiotus anemone, Macrobiotus cf. echinogenitus, Macrobiotus cf. islandicus, Macrobiotus spectabilis, Paramacrobiotus cf. areolatus, and Paramacrobiotus tonollii – are new to the fauna of Georgia.

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