Mesobiotus datanlanicus sp. nov., a new tardigrade species (Macrobiotidae: Mesobiotus harmsworthi group) from Lâm Đ ồng Province in Vietnam
Author
Stec, Daniel
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-01
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4679.1.10
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Mesobiotus datanlanicus
sp. nov.
(
Tables 3–4
,
Figures 1–4
)
Material examined:
19 animals (including one simplex),
24 eggs
mounted on microscope slides in Hoyer’s medium (some of the eggs were embrionated), four eggs fixed on SEM stubs and three specimens and one egg processed for DNA sequencing.
Type
locality:
11°53’59”N
,
108°26’57”E
;
1,316 m
asl
:
Vietnam
,
Lâm Đ
ồng Province, shaded rocks near the Datanla Waterfall (approximately six kilometres from Dalat, the capital of the province), valley with a tourist trail, moss from a rock, coll.
Daniel Stec
and Krzysztof Miler,
August 2018
.
Etymology:
The species is named after the Datanla Waterfall amusement park where it was discovered.
Type depositories:
Holotype
: slide VN.026.01 with one
paratype
and
17 paratypes
(slides:
VN
.026.*, where the asterisk can be substituted by any of the following numbers: 2–5, 12–17) and
24 eggs
(slides: VN.026.*: 6–11, 18) are deposited at the
Institute of Zoology
and
Biomedical Research
,
Jagiellonian University
,
Gronostajowa
9, 30-387,
Kraków
, Poland.