Water Bears from the Caribbean Island of Antigua, with the Description of a New Macrobiotus Species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

• Main Authors: Meyer, Harry A., Hinton, Juliana G., Gladney, W. Logan, Klumpp, Mary C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Tardigrada; tardigrade; Macrobiotus decepor n. sp; water bear; Antigua; Milnesium katarzynae; Hypsibius cf. convergens; Mesobiotus harmsworthi; Minibiotus intermedius; Paramacrobiotus areolatus; Paramacrobiotus richtersi; Tardigrade
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.545808

This publication describes the sampling of Tardigrada fauna of Antigua, an island in the West Indies. Six species were found: Milnesium katarzynae , Hypsibius cf. convergens , Mesobiotus harmsworthi , Minibiotus sp. from the Minibiotus intermedius species complex, Paramacrobiotus sp. from the Paramacrobiotus areolatus species complex, Paramacrobiotus sp. from the P. richtersi species complex, and a new species of Macrobiotus.