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Issue: Vol. 1202 No. 1: 15 May. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-05-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1202.1.5
Page range: 53–59
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 3

Macrobiotus siamensis sp. n. (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Thailand (Asia)

Laboratory of Freshwater and Experimental Hydrobiology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg,199034, Russia.
Tardigrada Macrobiotus siamensis sp. n. furciger-group Thailand Asia.

Abstract

An illustrated description of Macrobiotus siamensis sp. n. from Thailand is given. The new species belongs to the furciger group and differs from the most similar species, Macrobiotus sicheli Binda, Pilato and Lisi, 2005, mostly by the absence of eyes, smooth cuticle and longer egg processes.

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