Morphological and molecular analyses on Richtersius (Eutardigrada) diversity reveal its new systematic position and lead to the establishment of a new genus and a new family within Macrobiotoidea
Author
Guidetti, Roberto
Author
Rebecchi, Lorena
Author
Bertolani, Roberto
Author
Jonsson, Kjell Ingemar
Author
Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg
Author
Cesari, Michele
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2016
2016-11-22
178
4
834
845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12428
journal article
4554
10.1111/zoj.12428
22cfe92b-8189-4654-877e-90d71a272200
0024-4082
5369103
DIAFOROBIOTUS
GEN. NOV.
Description:
Peribuccal lamellae (ten) and ventral lamina present. A dorsal thickening present in the anterior portion of the buccal tube, in conjunction with a large tooth on the internal surface of the tube. Some strong, scattered round teeth present posterior to the second band of teeth of the buccal armature present.
Type
species.
Macrobiotus islandicus
Richters, 1904
.
Etymology.
Diaforobiotus
, from
diaforos
(Greek) = different, different from all other macrobiotoid genera.
Composition.
Diaforobiotus islandicus
(Richters, 1904)
.