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Issue: Vol. 743 No. 1: 25 Nov. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-11-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.743.1.1
Page range: 1–5
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Milnesium katarzynae sp. nov., a new species of eutardigrade (Milnesiidae) from China

Department of Animal Taxonomy & Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Szamarzewskiego 91 a, 60-569 Pozna¾, Poland
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Department of Biology, McMurry University, Abilene, Texas 79697, U.S.A
Tardigrada Milnsium katarzynae sp. nov. Milnesiidae Asia

Abstract

A new eutardigrade, Milnesium katarzynae sp. nov. is described from China. The new species differs from the most similar Milnesium reticulatum Pilato et al., 2002 in lacking of gibbosities, stylet supports inserted in less caudal position, absence of eyes. M. katarzynae sp. nov. is similar to specimens of M. tardigradum from New Zealand which have reticular shallow depressions in the cuticle but is clearly different by lacking of eyes and narrower buccal tube (pt = 21.7 26.6 in the new species and pt = 41.9 in the specimens collected in New Zealand).

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