A checklist of Norwegian Tardigrada
Animals of the phylum Tardigrada are microscopical metazoans that seldom exceed 1 mm in length. They are recorded from terrestrial, limnic and marine habitats and they have a distribution from Arctic to Antarctica. Tardigrades are also named ‘water bears’ referring to their ‘walk’ that resembles a b...
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ftntnutrondhojs:oai:www.ntnu.no/ojs:article/2269 2023-05-15T13:56:37+02:00 A checklist of Norwegian Tardigrada Meier, Terje 2017-12-20 application/pdf https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/2269 https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v37i0.2269 eng eng Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), University Museum https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/2269/2283 Copyright (c) 2017 Terje Meier http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 CC-BY-NC Fauna norvegica; Vol 37 (2017); 25-42 1891-5396 1502-4873 Tardigrada; Norway; Svalbard; taxonomy; distribution info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2017 ftntnutrondhojs https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v37i0.2269 2017-12-20T23:25:31Z Animals of the phylum Tardigrada are microscopical metazoans that seldom exceed 1 mm in length. They are recorded from terrestrial, limnic and marine habitats and they have a distribution from Arctic to Antarctica. Tardigrades are also named ‘water bears’ referring to their ‘walk’ that resembles a bear’s gait. Knowledge of Norwegian tardigrades is fragmented and distributed across numerous sources. Here this information is gathered and validity of some records is discussed. In total 146 different species are recorded from the Norwegian mainland and Svalbard. Among these, 121 species and subspecies are recorded in previous publications and another 25 species are recorded from Norway for the first time. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Arctic Svalbard NTNU Open Access Journals (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Arctic Svalbard Norway Water Bears ENVELOPE(-54.431,-54.431,49.600,49.600) Fauna norvegica 37 25 42 |
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Animals of the phylum Tardigrada are microscopical metazoans that seldom exceed 1 mm in length. They are recorded from terrestrial, limnic and marine habitats and they have a distribution from Arctic to Antarctica. Tardigrades are also named ‘water bears’ referring to their ‘walk’ that resembles a bear’s gait. Knowledge of Norwegian tardigrades is fragmented and distributed across numerous sources. Here this information is gathered and validity of some records is discussed. In total 146 different species are recorded from the Norwegian mainland and Svalbard. Among these, 121 species and subspecies are recorded in previous publications and another 25 species are recorded from Norway for the first time. |
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A checklist of Norwegian Tardigrada |
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), University Museum |
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