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Issue: Vol. 5446 No. 4: 2 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.2
Page range: 488-498
Abstract views: 6
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A new marine tardigrade species (Heterotardigrada: Batillipedidae) from the southeast coast of India

Department of Marine Biology; Microbiology & Biochemistry; School of Marine Sciences; Cochin University of Science & Technology; Fine Arts Avenue; Cochin- 682016; Kerala; India
Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA/ARNET); Department of Biology; University of Minho; 4710-057 Braga; Portugal
Department of Marine Biology; Microbiology & Biochemistry; School of Marine Sciences; Cochin University of Science & Technology; Fine Arts Avenue; Cochin- 682016; Kerala; India
Tardigrada Batillipes interstitial littoral meiofauna TamilNadu

Abstract

A new marine tardigrade species, Batillipes chandrayaani sp. nov. is described from the sandy mid littoral region of the southeast coast of India. This novel species can be distinguished from all its congeners by the presence of a dorsal indentation in the anterior cephalic region, shape of primary clavae, presence of secondary clavae, segmented dorsal body due to the presence of transverse cuticle folds, shape of leg IV sensory organ with the presence of two van der Land’s organs, long hook shaped lateral body projections on the caudal segment and the presence of a semi-circular cuticular projection on the coxal region of leg II and leg III.

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