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Hebesuncus mollispinus Pilato, McInnes & Lisi 2012

Description

Hebesuncus mollispinus Pilato, McInnes & Lisi, 2012

Localities and number of specimens. III (3), V (1)

Remarks. Our specimens correspond perfectly to the original description. Recently described from the Charcot Island, Antarctica and with a distribution including sub-Antarctic South Georgia (Pilato et al. 2012), this is the first new record of this species and expands its distribution into South America.

Notes

Published as part of Roszkowska, Milena, Stec, Daniel, Ciobanu, Daniel Adrian & Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2016, Tardigrades from Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina, South America) with descriptions of two new Macrobiotidae species, pp. 243-260 in Zootaxa 4105 (3) on page 248, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/266164

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  • Pilato, G., McInnes, S. J. & Lisi, O. (2012) Hebesuncus mollispinus (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae), a new species from maritime Antarctica. Zootaxa, 3446, 60 - 68.