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Issue: Vol. 5492 No. 1: 2 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5492.1.5
Page range: 96-108
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Tardigrades in the alpine region of Northeast China with an integrative description of Crenubiotus liangshuiensis sp. nov.

College of Wildlife and Protected Area; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin; 150040; Heilongjiang; China
Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Resources Rights and Interests Investigation and Monitoring Institute; Harbin; 150080; Heilongjiang; China
Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Resources Rights and Interests Investigation and Monitoring Institute; Harbin; 150080; Heilongjiang; China
Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Harbin; 150040; Heilongjiang; China
College of Wildlife and Protected Area; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin; 150040; Heilongjiang; China
College of Wildlife and Protected Area; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin; 150040; Heilongjiang; China
College of Life Sciences; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin; 150040; Heilongjiang; China
College of Wildlife and Protected Area; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin; 150040; Heilongjiang; China
College of Life Sciences; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin; 150040; Heilongjiang; China
Tardigrada biodiversity DNA barcoding Crenubiotus liangshuiensis integrative taxonomy new species Northeast China Richtersiusidae tardigrades

Abstract

A new species of tardigrade, Crenubiotus liangshuiensis sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Macrobiotoidea: Adorybiotidae), was identified by combining DNA barcoding and classical morphological analyses (including both light contrast microscopy and scanning electron microscopy) of animals and an egg found in moss Collected in Yichun Liangshui National Nature Reserve. Moreover, nucleotide sequences of the 18S rRNA and COI markers from used to analyse the diversity of the local tardigrade fauna indicated the presence of at least 16 species representing 11 genera.

 

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