Minibiotus taiti Claxton 1998, n.sp.

• Main Author: Claxton, Sandra K.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Eutardigrada; Parachela; Macrobiotidae; Minibiotus; Minibiotus taiti; New Zealand; Queensland; Keppel Island; Seal Point; Snares Islands
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4657330; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4657330

Minibiotus taiti n.sp. Figs. 3, 18b; Table 2 Type material. HOLOTYPE inAM (AM KS41430): Australia, New South Wales: Ryde, 33°48'S 151°04'E, 500 m a.s.l., 16 June 1993, S.K. Claxton, foliose lichen and leaf litter on asphalt. PARATYPES (7 specimens, 3 eggs in AM [AM KS41431-41440]; 31 specimens, 2 eggs in SKC): same data as holotype but collected on 3 May 1985 and 1 February 1992. Additional material examined. New South Wales: Appin, 34°12'S 150047'E, 29 August 1985, PD. Claxton, weft moss on rock in open sclerophyl forest, 10 specimens, 3 eggs. Sandy Hollow, 32°22'S 150034'E, 20 March 1993, S.K. Claxton, weft moss on rock in open sclerophyl forest, 22 specimens, 5 eggs. Queensland: Eumundi, 26°28'S 152°27'E, 20 December 1986, D.S. Homing, fruticose lichen on old bridge timber, wind exposed, 6 specimens, 3 eggs. Great Keppel Island, 23°10'S 150058'E, 14 July 1993, P.D. Claxton, foliose lichen on rock, wind exposed, 3 specimens, 1 egg. Australian material in SKC. NEW ZEALAND: Snares Islands, Ho Ho Creek, 23 October 1972, D.S. Homing, 2 specimens (SA301). Mollymawk Bay, 30 January 1971, D.S.H., 2 specimens (SA26). Seal Point, 2 March 1972, D.S.H., 2 specimens (SA216). Broughton Island, 18 February 1971, D.S.H., 4 specimens (SA60). (NZM). CHINA: Quingdao, October 1994, N. Marley, moss, 6 specimens in NM. USA: Texas, Taylor County, 27 December 1989, C.W. Beasley, leaf litter on soil, 2 specimens in MUT. Diagnosis. Smooth cuticle with no pores and granulation on all legs; 3 round macroplacoids and a distinct microplacoid; long slender claws with short, low accessory claws and smooth lunules. Description. Body length 160-320 /lffi, colourless. Eye spots, when present, in posterior position. Cuticle smooth, patch of granulation on the outside of first three pairs of legs near claws, also on back and sides of fourth pair of legs. Buccal tube narrow (8% of buccal tube length). Stylet supports inserted at 60.3% of the buccal tube length, ventral support very short (40.3% ofbuccal tube length). Pharyngeal bulb round (25 ...