Bertolanius Ozdikmen 2008

Genus: Bertolanius Özdikmen, 2008 Synonym: Amphibolus Bertolani, 1981. Emended diagnosis. Large eohypsibiids with a stubby body. Large trumpet-shaped mouth surrounded by 14 lamellae. Rigid buccal tube. Ventral strengthening bar absent. Crest-shaped buccal tube apophyses for insertion of the retracto...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Trygvadóttir, Birna Vár, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Eutardigrada
Parachela
Eohypsibiidae
Bertolanius
Faroe Islands
Greenland
Pasa
Reinhardt
Kristensen
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5627929
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5627929
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Summary:Genus: Bertolanius Özdikmen, 2008 Synonym: Amphibolus Bertolani, 1981. Emended diagnosis. Large eohypsibiids with a stubby body. Large trumpet-shaped mouth surrounded by 14 lamellae. Rigid buccal tube. Ventral strengthening bar absent. Crest-shaped buccal tube apophyses for insertion of the retractor muscles of the stylets and crest shaped pair of caudal hooks present dorsally and ventrally. Eggs laid free and always with ornamented shell. Three large clover-shaped Malphighian tubes each with a small stalk. Composition. B. smreczynskii (Węglarska, 1970), B. mahunkai (Iharos, 1971), B. weglarskae (Dastych, 1972), B. volubilis (Durante Pasa & Maucci, 1975), B. nebulosus (Dastych, 1983), B. markevichi (Biserov, 1992) and B. sp from Greenland (Hansen & Katholm, 2002). Published as part of Trygvadóttir, Birna Vár & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 2011, Eohypsibiidae (Eutardigrada, Tardigrada) from the Faroe Islands with the description of a new genus containing three new species, pp. 39-62 in Zootaxa 2886 on page 42, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.277617

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