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Issue: Vol. 53 No. 1: 19 Jul. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-07-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.53.1.1
Page range: 1–4
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 4

Echiniscus barbarae, a new species of tardigrade from Cuba Island (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae, ‘arctomys group’)

Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, ul. Szamarzewskiego 91 A,60-569 Poznañ, Poland
Department of Entomology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Ingardena 6, 30-060 Kraków, Poland
Tardigrada taxonomy Echiniscidae ‘arctomys group’ Echiniscus barbarae sp. nov. Central America Cuba

Abstract

A new heterotardigrade, Echiniscus barbarae sp. nov., is described from a moss sample collected in Cuba. This species belongs to the ‘arctomys group’, which contains many problematic species. The new species differs from the most similar species Echiniscus limai mainly by having cephalic, scapular and terminal dorsal plates not faceted. This paper is the first record of Tardigrada from Cuba.

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