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Minibiotus furcatus

Description

Minibiotus furcatus (Ehrenberg, 1859)

Macrobiotus jurcatus Ehrenberg, 1859: 452, fig. Ill. [Type locality: Monte Rosa, Italy]

Minibiotusjurcatus.- Binda & Pilato, 1992: 113-115, figs. 1A,B.

Material examined. None

Emended diagnosis. Yellow body cells, smooth cuticle with variably shaped pores arranged in rows; long ventral reinforcing bar and long macroplacoid row, small indistinct microplacoid; long slender claws with short, high accessory claws and lightly toothed lunules on fourth pair of legs.

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
Ehrenberg
Species
furcatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Minibiotus furcatus (Ehrenberg, 1859) sec. Claxton, 1998

References

  • Ehrenberg, e. G., 1859. Beitrag zur Bestimmung des stationaren mikroskopischen Lebens in bis 20,000 Fufs Alpenhohe. Abheit Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. Pp. 429 -- 456.
  • Binda, M. G., & G. Pilato, 1992. Minibiotus Jurcatus, nuova posizione sistematica per Macrobiotus Jurcatus Ehrenberg, 1859, e descrizione di due nuove specie (Eutardigrada). Animalia (Catania) 19 (113): 111 - 120.