A new tardigrade Doryphoribius maasaimarensis sp nov (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) from Kenya

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

PAULO FONTOURA (Author) FCUP; OSCAR LISI (Author) Other; GIOVANNI PILATO (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Zootaxa

Vol. 3630

Pages: 359-368

ISSN: 1175-5326

Publisher: Magnolia Press

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Authenticus ID: P-005-2FB

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.10

Abstract (EN): A new tardigrade, Doryphoribius maasaimarensis sp. nov., is described from a moss sample collected in Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. The new species is characterized by having a reticulate dorsal cuticle with small tubercles; nine transverse rows of dorsal gibbosities (configuration IX:4-6-4-6-4-6-4-4-2); pharyngeal bulb with two macroplacoids and no microplacoid; claws with short and thin accessory points; small, smooth lunules under the claws. The new species is most similar to Doryphoribius zyxiglobus (Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978). Both exhibit two macroplacoids, similar cuticular pattern and the same configuration of gibbosities. However, in Doryphoribius maasaimarensis sp. nov. the cuticular tubercles are less close, buccal tube slightly longer with respect to the body length, more gradual curvature of the buccal tube, different claws shape and thinner accessory points.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10