New records and within-species variability of Iberian tardigrades (Tardigrada), with comments on the species from the Echiniscus blumi-canadensis series
Author
Guil, Noemí
text
Zootaxa
2008
1757
1
30
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.181845
29cad3d2-5685-4e65-9690-3604790334f6
1175-5326
181845
Diphascon (Diphascon) nodulosum
Ramazzotti 1957
Dorsal cuticle sculptured with irregular polygons, denser in the middle and posterior areas of the body. Drop present between the buccal and pharyngeal tubes. Two macroplacoids and septulum within the pharyngeal bulb. Two specimens were collected with body sizes of 451 and 550 μm, mean 501 μm (SD 70). The species has been cited for
America
, Europe and Oceania. In the Iberian Peninsula, it has been formerly recorded for
Spain
(
Guil 2002
).
Diphascon (Diphascon) nodulosum
was collected only from one LF sample (Table 3).