Integrative systematic studies on tardigrades from Antarctica identify new genera and new species within Macrobiotoidea and Echiniscoidea

• Published in: Invertebrate Systematics
• Main Authors: VECCHI, MATTEO, CESARI, Michele, BERTOLANI, Roberto, Jonsson, K. Ingemar, REBECCHI, Lorena, GUIDETTI, Roberto
• Other Authors: Vecchi, Matteo, Cesari, Michele, Bertolani, Roberto, Rebecchi, Lorena, Guidetti, Roberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: country:AUS 2016
• Subjects: molecular phylogenetics; nuclear DNA; systematics; Tardigrada; taxonomy; Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; Victoria Land; Greenland; Indel’; Antarc*; Antarctica; Tardigrade
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11380/1107208; https://doi.org/10.1071/IS15033

Tardigrades represent one of the most abundant groups of Antarctic metazoans in terms of abundance and diversity, thanks to their ability to withstand desiccation and freezing; however, their biodiversity is underestimated. Antarctic tardigrades from Dronning Maud Land and Victoria Land were analyse...