dc:title"An overview of the sexual dimorphism in Echiniscus (Heterotardigrada, Echiniscoidea), with the description of Echiniscus masculinus sp. nov. (the virginicus complex) from Borneo";
dc:description"Figure 1. Morphology of Echiniscus masculinus sp. nov. (PCM). A. Adult female (holotype, dorsolateral view); B. Juvenile (paratype, dorsolateral view); C. Subcephalic plates; D. Genital plates enclosing male gonopore; E. First leg pair with claws and spine I. All scale bars in µm.";
dc:description"Figure 2. Morphology of males of E. masculinus sp. nov. (PCM). A. allotype (dorsolateral view, arrowheads indicate areas with densely packed pillars in legs); B. paratype with fully developed sculpturing (dorsal view); C. paratype with poorly developed epicuticular layer of sculpturing (dorsal view). See Table 4 for the phenotypic comparison between females and males. All scale bars in µm.";
dc:description"Figure 3. Close-up on the details of sculpturing of E. masculinus sp. nov. (PCM). A. evident epicuticular layer, endocuticular pillars of various sizes; B. remnants of epicuticular layer on the scapular and caudal (terminal) plates, endocuticular pillars densely packed and of equal, minute size. All scale bars in µm.";
dc:description"Figure 4. Bayesian phylogenetic trees showing the relationships between members of the E. virginicus complex; E. succineus was used as an outgroup, and branches within species-specific clades were collapsed. Bayesian posterior probability values are given above tree branches. Phylogenetic analyses were run on the subsequent DNA markers to assure that the tree topology was congruent: COI, ITS- 1, and ITS- 2.";
