Two new species of Eutardigrada from Victoria Land, Antarctica
Author
Lisi, Oscar
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-05-05
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.6
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Diphascon sanae
Dastych, Ryan, Watkins, 1990
Fig. 5
Material examined.
One specimen (slide No. 4524) from moss sample collected between Terranova Base and Campo Icaro (1990.12.27). As stressed in the description of the species (
Dastych
et al
. 1990
), a light refracting unit is present at the base of all primary branches of the external claws (
Figs. 5
A–C).
This species, a new record for Victoria Land, seems widespread across the Antarctic continent, with records for: Queen Maud Land (
Dastych
et al
. 1990
;
Tsujimoto
et al
. 2014
), Ellsworth Land and Palmer Land (
Convey & McInnes 2005
), Queen Elizabeth Land (
Hodgson
et al
. 2010
), and the Mawson Coast (
Miller & Heatwole, 1995
). Together with
Diphascon sanae
we found some specimens of
Minibiotus vinciguerrae
Binda & Pilato, 1992
.