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
Milnesium tetralamellatum
Pilato & Binda 1991
This species showed four peribuccal lamellae which distinguishes it from all other
Milnesium
species (
Tumanov 2006
). The morphological differences, observed in the three specimens isolated were presence or absence of the basal spur on the outer claws. However, the basal spur presence (or absence) was constant within each specimen. Body size range was
1034 to 1595
μm, mean 1221 μm (SD 323). The species has been cited for Africa where it was originally described, but this is the first record for Europe (
Table 2
).
Milnesium tetralamellatum
was detected only in one sampling point (Table 3).