A new species of Tardigrada Bryodelphax brevidentatus sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from China (Asia)

ŁUKASZ KACZMAREK; ŁUKASZ MICHALCZYK; PETER DEGMA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1080.1.3

Issue: Vol. 1080 No. 1: 15 Nov. 2005

Type: Articles

Published: 2005-11-15

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1080.1.3

Page range: 33-38

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**A new species of Tardigrada Bryodelphax brevidentatus sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from China (Asia)**

ŁUKASZ KACZMAREK⁺⁻
ŁUKASZ MICHALCZYK⁺⁻
PETER DEGMA⁺⁻

Department of Animal Taxonomy & Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Pozna¾, Poland

Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK

Department of Zoology, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B1, SK84215 Bratislava, Slovakia

Tardigrada Bryodelphax brevidentatus new species China

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Abstract

A new heterotardigrade, Bryodelphax brevidentatus sp. nov. is described from moss sample collected in China. The new species is most similar to Bryodelphax tatrensis (W¨¬glarska) but differs from it mainly by the different appearance of the dentate collar (different in shape and length of teeth), shorter cirri A and shorter claws.

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