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Minibiotus weinerorum

Description

Minibiotus weinerorum (Dastych, 1984)

Macrobiotus weinerorum Dastych, 1984: 400-402, fig. 14, photographs 21-25. [Type locality: Enderby Land, Antarctica].

Minibiotus weinerorum.- Miller, Heatwole, Pidgeon & Gardiner, 1994: 152-155, figs. 3A-C.

Material examined. None.

Emended diagnosis. Smooth cuticle with randomly distributed pores and granulation around claws on all legs; small round macroplacoids and indistinct microplacoid; slender claws with very high accessory claws and small, smooth lunules.

Notes

Published as part of Claxton, Sandra K., 1998, A revision of the genus Minibiotus (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae) with descriptions of eleven new species from Australia, pp. 125-160 in Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2) on page 158, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1276, http://zenodo.org/record/4652937

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Macrobiotidae
Genus
Minibiotus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Parachela
Phylum
Tardigrada
Scientific name authorship
Dastych
Species
weinerorum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Minibiotus weinerorum (Dastych, 1984) sec. Claxton, 1998

References

  • Dastych, H., 1984. The Tardigrada from Antarctic with descriptions of several new species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 27 (19): 377 - 436.
  • Miller, W. R., H. Heatwole, R. W. J. Pidgeon & G. R. Gardiner, 1994. Tardigrades of the Australian Antarctic Territories: the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 113 (2): 142 - 160.