Marine tardigrades from Lutzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica with the description of a new species

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Fujimoto, S, Suzuki, AC, Ito, M, Tamura, T, Tsujimoto, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2020
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Evolutionary biology; Phylogeny and comparative analysis; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Moreno; Renaud; Kristensen; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02671-w; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/143775

Marine tardigrades in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions are poorly understood. During the 59th Japan Antarctic Research Expedition, a sediment sample was collected from Ltzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica. The sediment sample yielded three species of marine tardigrades belonging to the family Styr...