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Specimens extracted from mosses growing on rocks. Holotype: Female, slide wqc01023. Paratypes: 7 females (slides wqc01022, wqc01024, wqc01025, wqc01026, wqc01030, wqc01034, wqc03010) and a male (slide wqc01027).
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Small body size, body length 198µm (Table 1). Body colour orange. Eyespots black, granular, solid. Cuticular sculpture consists of dots, striae between dots not visible under Light Microscopy. Dots in central part of the plates larger than those near margin (
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). The diameter of the largest dot is about 1µm. Stylet supports present, pharyngeal tube present, pharyngeal bulb roundish, placoid present. Rostral end of head plate facetted (
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). Cephalic papillae (secondary clavae) dome-shaped, primary clavae water drop-shaped (
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). Cuticular plates with very marked margins. Three undivided median plates present, paired segmental plates without smooth band, pseudosegmental plate unpaired with a smooth caudal margin. Terminal plate without notches, not facetted. Lateral intersegmental platelets present on lateral side of all median plates, two on each side of each median plate,
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total. Ventral cuticular granulation present with a dense patch between legs I, II and III. Ventral dots arranged in a reticular patched design (
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Dots present on basal part of legs, dots on legs much smaller than dots on dorsal plates. Spine on all legs absent, papillae present on leg 4 (
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). Dentate collar absent on leg 4, small spur present on internal claws of all legs, spurs located near the base of claws, and pointed downward (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636CC0E7EFFBBFF7AF97CC70CF966" blockId="1.[151,1437,996,2029]" box="[199,381,1751,1777]" pageId="1" pageNumber="256">Eggs. unknown.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636CC0E7EFFBBFF7AF958C778F8AE" blockId="1.[151,1437,996,2029]" pageId="1" pageNumber="256">
For detailed measurements of the
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and ranges of the
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see Table 1 and Supplementary Materials.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C37365470E7EFFBBFF7AF8E1C590F816" pageId="1" pageNumber="256" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7EFFBBFF7AF8E1C720F8CB" bold="true" box="[199,337,1860,1885]" pageId="1" pageNumber="256">Etymology:</emphasis>
This species is dedicated to Prof. Haibin Xia, Dean of College of Life Sciences of
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Normal University, for his contributions to the development of our college.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7EFFBBFF7AF829C7A0F833" bold="true" box="[199,465,1932,1957]" pageId="1" pageNumber="256">Differential diagnosis:</emphasis>
The genus
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7EFFBBFDEBF829C57EF833" box="[598,783,1932,1957]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="256">Pseudechiniscus</emphasis>
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was divided into two groups: the
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7EFFBBFB29F828C2A4F832" box="[1172,1237,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="256">victor</emphasis>
group with trunk cirri or spines B, C, D and E, the
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7EFFBBFD98F815C41FF85F" box="[549,622,1968,1993]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="256">suillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7EFFBBFDCBF815C4B4F85E" box="[630,709,1968,1992]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="256">conifer</emphasis>
group without trunk cirri or spines B, C, D and E (
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). This genus has since been revised and the
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7EFFBBFD75F870C578F87A" box="[712,777,2005,2028]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="256">victor</emphasis>
group was moved into a new genus,
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7EFFBBFB65F871C3EDF87B" box="[1240,1436,2004,2029]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="256">Acanthechiniscus</emphasis>
(
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Vecchi
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FE98FF3CC729FF26" box="[293,344,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">et al</emphasis>
. 2016
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)
</taxonomicName>
. The revised
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FDFAFF32C571FF26" box="[583,768,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
genus contains 39 species/subspecies (
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Degma
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FAA7FF3CC33DFF26" box="[1306,1356,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">et al</emphasis>
. 2007
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7CFFB9FF2AFF19C6A5FF42" box="[151,212,188,212]" pageId="3" pageNumber="258" refId="ref3701" refString="Degma, P., Bertolani, R. &amp; Guidetti, R. (2017) Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. 2009 - 2017. 33 rd Edition. 15 October 2017. 46 pp. Available from: http: // www. tardigrada. modena. unimo. it / miscellanea / ActualchecklistofTardigrada. pdf (accessed 11 November 2017)" type="book">2017</bibRefCitation>
). Lateral appendices (filaments, spines or papillae) except cirri
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FC00FF19C5BFFF45" box="[957,974,188,211]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">A</emphasis>
and projections (lobes, spines, teeth or triangular projections) on posterior margin of pseudosegmental plate are important characters for distinguishing species of the
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FE87FEA1C782FE8B" box="[314,499,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Lateral appendices and projections on posterior margin of pseudosegmental plate are absent in the following 10 species:
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FDF4FE82C514FED6" box="[585,869,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus beasleyi</emphasis>
Li
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FC36FE8CC5CDFED6" box="[907,956,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">et al</emphasis>
., 2007
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FBABFE82C350FED6" box="[1046,1313,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus chengi</emphasis>
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Xue
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FAE0FE8CC3FFFED6" box="[1373,1422,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">et al</emphasis>
., 2017
</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FF5AFEE9C47FFEF3" box="[231,526,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus clavatus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7CFFB9FDA2FEE9C4A7FEF3" box="[543,726,332,357]" pageId="3" pageNumber="258" refId="ref4455" refString="Mihelcic, F. (1955) Zwei neue Tardigradenarten aus Spanien. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 155, 310 - 311." type="journal article">Mihelčič, 1955</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FD56FEE9C277FEF3" box="[747,1030,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus dicrani</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FB5EFEE9C68FFE1E" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus facettalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7CFFB9FEB1FED5C7CBFE1E" box="[268,442,367,392]" pageId="3" pageNumber="258" refId="ref4543" refString="Petersen, B. (1951) The tardigrade fauna of Greenland. Meddelelser om GrOnland, 150 (5), 1 - 94." type="journal article">Petersen, 1951</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FE70FECAC49BFE1E" box="[461,746,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus jiroveci</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7CFFB9FD4AFED5C5FEFE1E" box="[759,911,367,392]" pageId="3" pageNumber="258" refId="ref3646" refString="Bartos, E. (1963) Die Tardigraden der chinesischen und javanischen Mossproben. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemoslovenicae, 27, 108 - 114." type="journal article">Bartoš, 1963</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FC1EFECAC2B7FE1E" box="[931,1222,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus juanitae</emphasis>
de
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</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D4F0E7CFFB9FF2AFE31C4C3FE3B" authority="Mihelcic, 1951" authorityName="Mihelcic" authorityYear="1951" box="[151,690,404,429]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Pseudechiniscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="3" pageNumber="258" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="megacephalus">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FF2AFE31C78BFE3B" box="[151,506,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus megacephalus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7CFFB9FDB9FE31C4C3FE3B" box="[516,690,404,429]" pageId="3" pageNumber="258" refId="ref4432" refString="Mihelcic, F. (1951) Beitrag zur Systematik der Tardigraden. Archivio Zoologico Italiano, 36, 57 - 103." type="journal article">Mihelčič, 1951</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FD7CFE31C5BCFE3B" box="[705,973,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus suillus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7CFFB9FC62FE31C2EFFE3B" box="[991,1182,404,429]" pageId="3" pageNumber="258" refId="ref3796" refString="Ehrenberg, C. G. (1853) Diagnoses novarum formarum. Verhandlungen der Koniglich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 8, 526 - 533." type="journal article">Ehrenberg, 1853</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FB5EFE31C6B0FE46" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus xiai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FF75FE12C759FE46" bold="true" box="[200,296,439,464]" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">
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..
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7DFFB8FF2AF8C4C763F8E0" bold="true" box="[151,274,1889,1911]" pageId="2" pageNumber="257">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7DFFB8FEA5F8C4C79DF8E1" box="[280,492,1889,1911]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="257">Pseudechiniscus xiai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7DFFB8FE4FF8C4C44DF8E0" bold="true" box="[498,572,1889,1910]" pageId="2" pageNumber="257">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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(holotype, slide wqc01023). a, head plate focused to show the facetted rostral end of head plate; b, ventral side of body focused to show the ventral sculpture arranged in a reticular patched design; c, dorsal plates of anterior part of body focused to show the cuticular sculpture; d, leg 4 focused to show the papillae; e, dorsal plates of posterior part of body focused to show the cuticular sculpture; f, leg 4 focused to show spur on internal claws. All photos were captured at x100 with oil immersion objective. Scale bars = 10 µm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FF2AF8C8C762F814" bold="true" box="[151,275,1901,1923]" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FEA7F8C8C79FF815" box="[282,494,1901,1923]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">Pseudechiniscus xiai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FE48F8C8C431F814" bold="true" box="[501,576,1901,1922]" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(holotype, slide wqc01023). a, head appendages focused to show cirrus internus; b, head appendages focused to show cephalic papillae; c, head appendages focused to show cirrus
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7CFFB9FBD9F829C202F837" box="[1124,1139,1932,1953]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="258">A</emphasis>
; d, head appendages focused to show clavae; e, head appendages focused to show gonopore. All photos were captured at x100 with oil immersion objective. Scale bars = 20 µm.
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<taxonomicName id="4C694D4F0E7BFFBEFF2AFF32C7F0FF26" authority="Wang &amp; Xue &amp; Li, 2018" authorityName="Wang &amp; Xue &amp; Li" authorityYear="2018" box="[151,385,151,176]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Pseudechiniscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="xiai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFF2AFF32C7F0FF26" box="[151,385,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">Pseudechiniscus xiai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57A50E7BFFBEFE35FF32C790FF39" box="[392,481,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFE35FF32C7ABFF26" bold="true" box="[392,474,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs from:
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37365470E7BFFBEFF2AFF7AC263FEF3" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BD636CC0E7BFFBEFF2AFF7AC3EDFF6E" blockId="4.[151,1437,223,824]" box="[151,1436,223,248]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="4C694D4F0E7BFFBEFF2AFF7AC7C3FF6E" box="[151,434,223,248]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Pseudechiniscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="beasleyi">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFF2AFF7AC7C3FF6E" box="[151,434,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">Pseudechiniscus beasleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by unpaired pseudosegmental plate and lacking notches on terminal plate (Li
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFAABFF44C337FF6E" box="[1302,1350,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">et al</emphasis>
. 2007).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636CC0E7BFFBEFF2AFEA1C4FCFED6" blockId="4.[151,1437,223,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="4C694D4F0E7BFFBEFF2AFEA1C7D4FE8B" box="[151,421,260,285]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Pseudechiniscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="chengi">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFF2AFEA1C7D4FE8B" box="[151,421,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">Pseudechiniscus chengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by unpaired pseudosegmental plate, lacking notches on the terminal plate, and median plate 3 always present (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7BFFBEFE70FE8DC4F0FED6" box="[461,641,295,320]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" refId="ref4925" refString="Xue, J., Li, X. C., Wang, L. Z., Xian, P. P. &amp; Chen, H. Q. (2017) Bryochoerus liupanensis sp. nov. and Pseudechiniscus chengi. sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from China. Zootaxa, 4291 (2), 324 - 334. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4291.2.5" type="journal article">
Xue
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFDB8FE8CC447FED6" box="[517,566,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">et al</emphasis>
. 2017
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636CC0E7BFFBEFF2AFEE9C263FEF3" blockId="4.[151,1437,223,824]" box="[151,1042,332,357]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="4C694D4F0E7BFFBEFF2AFEE9C7C5FEF3" authorityName="Mihelcic" authorityYear="1955" box="[151,436,332,357]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Pseudechiniscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="clavatus">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFF2AFEE9C7C5FEF3" box="[151,436,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">Pseudechiniscus clavatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
mainly by smaller and conical clava (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7BFFBEFCE0FEE9C277FEF3" box="[861,1030,332,357]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" refId="ref4455" refString="Mihelcic, F. (1955) Zwei neue Tardigradenarten aus Spanien. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 155, 310 - 311." type="journal article">Mihelčič 1955</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37365470E7BFFBEFF2AFECAC449FE63" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8BD636CC0E7BFFBEFF2AFECAC7F6FE3A" blockId="4.[151,1437,223,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="4C694D4F0E7BFFBEFF2AFECAC7D9FE1E" ID-CoL="4NLZQ" authorityName="Mihelcic" authorityYear="1938" box="[151,424,367,392]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Pseudechiniscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="dicrani">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFF2AFECAC7D9FE1E" box="[151,424,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">Pseudechiniscus dicrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
mainly by curved posterior margin of pseudosegmental plate (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7BFFBEFBD4FECAC361FE1E" box="[1129,1296,367,392]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" refId="ref4409" refString="Mihelcic, F. (1938) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Tardigrada Jugoslawens. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 121, 95 - 96." type="journal article">Mihelčič 1938</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7BFFBEFAA0FECAC70BFE3A" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" refId="ref4569" refString="Ramazzotti, G. &amp; Maucci, W. (1983) Il Phylum Tardigrada. 3 rd Edition. Memorie dell'Isituto Italiano di Idrobiologia, 41, 1 - 1012. [English translation 1995 by Beasley, C. W.]" type="journal article">Ramazzotti &amp; Maucci 1983</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636CC0E7BFFBEFF2AFE12C449FE63" blockId="4.[151,1437,223,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="4C694D4F0E7BFFBEFF2AFE12C7CCFE46" ID-CoL="4NLZS" authorityName="Petersen" authorityYear="1951" box="[151,445,439,464]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Pseudechiniscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="facettalis">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFF2AFE12C7CCFE46" box="[151,445,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">Pseudechiniscus facettalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by always having an unpaired pseudosegmental plate, and terminal plate unfacetted and without notches (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7BFFBEFE3AFE79C45AFE63" box="[391,555,476,501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" refId="ref4543" refString="Petersen, B. (1951) The tardigrade fauna of Greenland. Meddelelser om GrOnland, 150 (5), 1 - 94." type="journal article">Petersen 1951</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37365470E7BFFBEFF2AFE5AC433FCAE" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BD636CC0E7BFFBEFF2AFE5AC4C6FDAB" blockId="4.[151,1437,223,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="4C694D4F0E7BFFBEFF2AFE5AC7DFFD8E" authorityName="Bartos" authorityYear="1963" box="[151,430,511,536]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Pseudechiniscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="jiroveci">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFF2AFE5AC7DFFD8E" box="[151,430,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">Pseudechiniscus jiroveci</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by unpaired pseudosegmental plate, lacking notches on the terminal plate and median plates 2 and 3 always present (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7BFFBEFDA0FD81C4DBFDAB" box="[541,682,548,573]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" refId="ref3646" refString="Bartos, E. (1963) Die Tardigraden der chinesischen und javanischen Mossproben. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemoslovenicae, 27, 108 - 114." type="journal article">Bartoš 1963</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636CC0E7BFFBEFF2AFDE2C77EFD12" blockId="4.[151,1437,223,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="4C694D4F0E7BFFBEFF2AFDE2C7C3FDF6" authorityName="de Barros" authorityYear="1939" box="[151,434,583,608]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Pseudechiniscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="juanitae">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFF2AFDE2C7C3FDF6" box="[151,434,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">Pseudechiniscus juanitae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by lacking notches on terminal plate and by having spurs on the internal claws (de
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7BFFBEFAEFFDEDC772FD12" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" refId="ref3618" refString="Barros, R. de (1939) Pseudechiniscus juanitae, nova especie de Tardigrado. Boletim Biologico, Sao Paulo, 4, 367 - 368." type="journal article">Barros 1939</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636CC0E7BFFBEFF2AFD2AC7F2FD5B" blockId="4.[151,1437,223,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="4C694D4F0E7BFFBEFF2AFD2AC78AFD3E" authorityName="Mihelcic" authorityYear="1951" box="[151,507,655,680]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Pseudechiniscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="megacephalus">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFF2AFD2AC78AFD3E" box="[151,507,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">Pseudechiniscus megacephalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
mainly by dome-shaped cephalic papilla instead of a mushroom-shaped papilla (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7BFFBEFF73FD11C706FD5B" box="[206,375,692,717]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" refId="ref4432" refString="Mihelcic, F. (1951) Beitrag zur Systematik der Tardigraden. Archivio Zoologico Italiano, 36, 57 - 103." type="journal article">Mihelčič 1951</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636CC0E7BFFBEFF2AFD72C433FCAE" blockId="4.[151,1437,223,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="4C694D4F0E7BFFBEFF2AFD72C7EEFD66" baseAuthorityName="Ehrenberg" baseAuthorityYear="1853" box="[151,415,727,752]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Pseudechiniscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="suillus">
<emphasis id="B91DEADE0E7BFFBEFF2AFD72C7EEFD66" box="[151,415,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="259">Pseudechiniscus suillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by lacking notches on terminal plate, having lateral intersegmental plates on the side of the median plates, unpaired pseudosegmental plate, and cuticular sculpture on ventral side of body in a reticular patched design (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B3D0E7BFFBEFEC1FCBAC444FCAE" box="[380,565,799,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="259" refId="ref3796" refString="Ehrenberg, C. G. (1853) Diagnoses novarum formarum. Verhandlungen der Koniglich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 8, 526 - 533." type="journal article">Ehrenberg 1853</bibRefCitation>
).
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