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Haltidytes crassus Greuter 1917

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Haltidytes crassus (Greuter, 1917)

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Localities. Artificial pond, Nybro, Småland (N 56º 44’ 89’’; E 15º 54’ 27’’).

Material. 4 specimens. TL, 97–130 µm; PhL, 35–40 µm; DSL, 100–120 µm; VSL, 120–162 µm.

This species is characterized by three pairs of ventral spines; the posterior pair is the longest. Dorsally five pairs of spines are present; the anterior three pairs originate ventrolaterally while the posterior two pairs originate from the ventral side. Interciliary area naked. Locomotory ciliation in two longitudinal bands, each band further divided into tufts, and three semi-circular bands on the head. The Swedish specimens correspond well to the specimens found in Poland (Kisielewski, 1981) and Denmark (Grilli et al., 2010).

Previously reported from Italy (Balsamo & Tongiorgi 1995), Romania (Rudescu 1967), Russia (Preobrajenskaja 1926; Tretjakova 1991), Switzerland (Greuter 1917), Denmark (Grilli et al. 2010), Canada (Schwank 1990), Brazil (Kisielewski 1991) and Argentina (Grosso 1973; Grosso & Drahg 1983).

Notes

Published as part of Kånneby, Tobias, 2011, New species and new records of freshwater Chaetonotida (Gastrotricha) from Sweden, pp. 29-55 in Zootaxa 3115 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206874

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Greuter
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Gastrotricha
Order
Chaetonotida
Family
Dasydytidae
Genus
Haltidytes
Species
crassus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Haltidytes crassus Greuter, 1917 sec. Kånneby, 2011

References

  • Greuter, A. (1917) Beitrage zur Systematik der Gastrotrichen in der Schweiz. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 25, 35 - 76.
  • Kisielewski, J. (1981) Gastrotricha from raised and transitional peat bogs in Poland. Monografie Fauny Polski, 11. Polska Akademia Nauk, Warszawa, 143 pp.
  • Grilli, P., Kristensen, R. M & Balsamo, M. (2010) Contribution to the knowledge of the freshwater Gastrotricha from Denmark. Steenstrupia, 32, 79 - 92.
  • Balsamo, M. & Tongiorgi, P. (1995) Gastrotricha. In: Minelli, A., Ruffo, S & La Posta, S (Eds.), Checklist delle Specie della Fauna d'Italia. Calderini, Bologna, 7, 1 - 11.
  • Rudescu, L. (1967) Gastrotricha. In: Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania, Trochelminthes, 2 (3). Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania, Bucharest, 292 pp.
  • Preobrajenskaja, E. N. (1926) Zur Verbreitung der Gastrotrichen in den Gewassern der Umgebung von Kossino. Arbeiten der Biologischen Station zu Kossino (Moskau), 4, 1 - 14.
  • Tretjakova, E. I. (1991) Lepidodermella spinifera, a new species of Gastrotricha with intermediate generic features. Byulletin Moskovogo Obshchestva Ispytatelej Prirody, Otdel Biologiceskij, 96, 79 - 85.
  • Schwank, P. (1990) Gastrotricha. In: Schwoerbel, J. & Zwick, P. (Eds.), Susswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Band 3. Gastrotricha und Nemertini. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Jena, New York, pp. 1 - 252.
  • Kisielewski, J. (1991) Inland-water Gastrotricha from Brazil. Annales Zoologici Warszawa, 43, 1 - 168.
  • Grosso, L. E. (1973) Notas sobre Gastrotricos Argentinos II. Neotropica, 19, 87 - 89.
  • Grosso, L. E. & Drahg, F. (1983) Gastrotricos dulceacuicolas de la provincia de Tucuman I. Chaetonotus soberanus sp. nov. y Aspidiophorus lilloensis sp. nov. Neotropica, 29, 189 - 193.