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Issue: Vol. 1646 No. 1: 26 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1646.1.6
Page range: 59–65
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 2

Doryphoribius smokiensis, a new species of Eutardigrada (Hypsibiidae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN, USA (North America)

Department of Biology, Warren Wilson College, CPO 6032, PO Box 9000, Asheville, NC 28815, USA
Department of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Hypsibiidae taxonomy Tardigrada Doryphoribius smokiensis sp. nov. D. flavus D. polynettae new species Tennessee

Abstract

A new eutardigrade, Doryphoribius smokiensis sp. nov., is described from soil and leaf litter samples collected in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, USA. The new species differs from two similar species (with two macroplacoids and a sculptured dorsal cuticle without gibbosities) by the presence of a very wide buccal tube (high buccal tube pt ratio: >20.0), absence of enlarged bases of claws, absence of eyes, and other morphological and morphometric characters.

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