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Issue: Vol. 1471 No. 1: 10 May. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-05-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1471.1.2
Page range: 15–25
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 1

Echiniscus ganczareki, a new species of Tardigrada (Heterotardigrada:  Echiniscidae, bigranulatus group) from Costa Rica

Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Heterotardigrada Tardigrada Echiniscus bigranulatus group E. ganczareki sp. nov. E. madonnae E. ollantaytamboensis E. ranzii Central America

Abstract

A new species, Echiniscus ganczareki sp. nov., is described from a liverwort sample collected in Costa Rica. It is the fifth known species of the Echiniscus bigranulatus group and the only one that has pores on ventral cuticle and on legs. It is also the first bigranulatus group species within which males were observed. We also provide an updated key to the Echiniscus bigranulatus group in this paper.

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