Marine tardigrades of the Bahamas with the description of two new species and updated keys to the species of Anisonyches and Archechiniscus
Author
Bartels, Paul J.
Author
Fontoura, Paulo
Author
Nelson, Diane R.
text
Zootaxa
2018
4420
1
43
70
journal article
30032
10.11646/zootaxa.4420.1.3
d865e117-4969-4011-8162-3c6e2ec13200
1175-5326
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Wingstrandarctus corallinus
Kristensen, 1984
Material examined:
28 specimens, 5 from site 1 (1 female, 124 µm long, and 4 specimens of unknown gender, 104–141 µm long), 13 from site 2 (9 females, 132–168 µm long; 2 males, 86 and 99 µm long; and 2 specimens of unknown gender, 144 and 167 µm long), 5 from site 3 (3 females, 116–140 µm long; 2 specimens of unknown gender, 102 and 134 µm long); 4 females, 133–164 µm long, from site 9; and 1 specimen of unknown gender, 163 µm long, from site 11.
Remarks:
The genus
Wingstrandarctus
contains five known species (
Jørgensen
et al.
2014
) that have alae without caesti. Unlike
W. unsculptus
Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møebjerg &
Kristensen, 2014
, the Bahamian specimens do have a sculptured cuticle. Unlike
W. stinae
Jørgensen, Boesgaard, Møbjerg & Kristensen, 2014
, they do not have constricted primary clavae, and the shape of the alae differs as well. The caudal alae of our specimens are much smaller than those of
W. intermedius
Renaud-Mornant, 1967
, and the internal claws have accessory points unlike
W. crypticus
Renaud-Mornant, 1989
. The Bahamian specimens do match
W. corallinus
in all traits.
Wingstrandarctus corallinus
is an intertidal and shallow subtidal species. The
type
locality is
Australia
, but it has been recorded in the Western Atlantic in
Florida
,
USA
(Kristensen 1984) and many other areas (Kaczmarek
et al.
2015,
Bartels
et al
. 2015b
).