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A revision of the genus Minibiotus (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae) with descriptions of eleven new species from Australia
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Claxton, Sandra K. (1998): A revision of the genus Minibiotus (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae) with descriptions of eleven new species from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 125-160, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1276, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/claxton-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-125160/
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. I would like to thank Dr M.G. Binda and Dr G. Pilato for their observations on Minibiotus ethelae n.sp. I would also like to thank Mr R. Palma for loan of New Zealand material, Dr H. Dastych and Dr B. Lawrence for loan of South African material and Dr L. Baptiste (Bohart Museum) for the loan of South American material. Thanks also to Mr N. Marley, Dr W.R. Miller, Dr R. Bertolani, Mr B. Grabowski, Dr V.I. Biserov, Dr e.W. Beasley and Dr M.C. Claps for the loan of material from other countries. I thankAntonius Moscal for access to a large collection of Tasmanian mosses. I also thank Peter Claxton for his encouragement and critical comments on the manuscript. This work was supported by a Macquarie University Postgraduate Research Scholarship and by a travel grant from the Centre for Biodiversity and Bioresources, Macquarie University. This is paper number 240 of the Centre for Biodiversity and Bioresources, Macquarie University. This paper was presented atthe SixthInternational Symposium on Tardigrada, Selwin College, Cambridge, UK, 22-26 August 1994.
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