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Macrobiotus

Description

Macrobiotus sp.

Material examined: Two specimens (slides CII-90 and CII-91), deposited in the collection of P. Fontoura at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal.

Remarks: The specimens belong to the ‘ hufelandi group’. However, the absence of eggs prevents a positive specific diagnosis.

Paramacrobiotus gerlachae (Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2004)

Material examined: 29 specimens (5 in simplex stage) and eight eggs (slides CIII 1-to CIII 36), deposited in the collection of P. Fontoura at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal.

Remarks: The characteristics of the specimens perfectly fit the original description by Pilato et al. (2004) and additional information on cap-like terminal portion of the egg processes by Michalczyk et al. (2006). Up to now Paramacrobiotus gerlachae was reported only from the Seychelles.

Notes

Published as part of Fontoura, Paulo, Pilato, Giovanni & Lisi, Oscar, 2010, First record of Tardigrada from São Tomé (Gulf of Guinea, Western Equatorial Africa) and description of Pseudechiniscus santomensis sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae), pp. 31-42 in Zootaxa 2564 on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197214

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Tardigrada
Order
Parachela
Family
Macrobiotidae
Genus
Macrobiotus
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Pilato G., Binda, M. G. & Lisi, O. (2004) Notes on tardigrades of the Seychelles with description of three new species. Italian Journal of Zoology, 71, 171 - 178.
  • Michalczyk, L., Kaczmarek, L. & Weglarska, B. (2006) Macrobiotus sklodowskae sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae, richtersi group) from Cyprus. Zootaxa, 1371, 45 - 56.