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Issue: Vol. 1229 No. 1: 12 Jun. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-06-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1229.1.4
Page range: 49–57
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 5

Ramazzottius bunikowskae, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae) from Russia

Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Pozna¾, Poland
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Pozna¾, Poland
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Tardigrada Ramazzottius bunikowskae sp. nov. new species taxonomy tundra Russia R. caucasicus R. tribulosus

Abstract

A new species, Ramazzottius bunikowskae sp. nov. is described from a lichen sample collected in Russia. The new species is the most similar to R. caucasicus Biserov, and R. tribulosus Bertolani & Rebecchi in the shape of the egg processes but it differs from these species by some differences in the egg processes’ appearance and measurements and also by measurements of some structures in adult specimens. We also provide first observations of peribuccal lobes, papillae and porous areas on the head (possibly external parts of chemoreceptors) in the genus Ramazzottius.

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