New tardigrade records for the Baltic states with a description of Minibiotus formosus sp. n. (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)
Author
Zawierucha, Krzysztof
Author
Dziamiecki, Jakub
Author
Jakubowska, Natalia
Author
Michalczyk, Lukasz
Author
Kaczmarek, Lukasz
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ZooKeys
2014
408
81
105
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.408.6612
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.408.6612
1313-2970-408-81
D5A553D75B78430489716A0CF73FC698
Hypsibius convergens (Urbanowicz, 1925)
Localities and specimen numbers.
IX: 6 specimens (including 2 simplexes).
Remarks.
Belonging to the cosmopolitan
convergens-dujardini
complex of species (
McInnes 1994
,
Miller et al. 2005
,
Kaczmarek and Michalczyk 2009a
,
Kaczmarek et al. 2014a
),
Hypsibius convergens
used to be considered cosmopolitan, but it is most likely a complex of very similar (possibly also cryptic) species found throughout the world. The original
Hypsibius convergens
description no longer conforms to modern standards and therefore a redescription is required. Nevertheless, the examined specimens correspond perfectly with the original description and the
Hypsibius convergens
characteristics reviewed by
Miller et al. (2005)
.