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
Eremobiotus alicatai
(Binda 1969)
The four specimens found for this species present dentate lunules in each double-claw and cuticle bars at the base of the inner double-claws in the first three pair of legs. Mean body size 512 μm (SD 75), range 440 to 616 μm. The species has been cited for Europe, Asia and Africa. It is the first time it is recorded for the Iberian Peninsula (
Table 2
).
Eremobiotus alicatai
only appeared at one sampling point (Table 3), in a LF sample.