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Issue: Vol. 2173 No. 1: 31 Jul. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2173.1.5
Page range: 49–54
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

Heterolepidoderma caudosquamatum (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida), a new species from brackish waters of Denmark

Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Uomo, dell’Ambiente e della Natura, Università di Urbino 'Carlo Bo' via Oddi 21, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Uomo, dell’Ambiente e della Natura, Università di Urbino 'Carlo Bo' via Oddi 21, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
Gastrotricha brackish waters meiofauna Chaetonotida Danish fauna new species Heterolepidoderma caudosquamatum

Abstract

A new species of Gastrotricha Chaetonotida was found in Denmark: it is the first gastrotrich finding from Danish brackish waters. The diagnostic scales at the dorsal posterior end account for the proposed name Heterolepidoderma caudosquamatum. The morphological affinity of the new species with marine species of the genus supports its marine origin.

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