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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E00FFA0FCBF2F4A6FC7FB5C" box="[810,921,1137,1161]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="130">Etymology:</emphasis>
The name of the species means beach (
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in Latin), for the
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of environment in which the species was found.
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E00FFA0FCBF2FEA6FFFFB3D" box="[810,929,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="130">Description:</emphasis>
Body whitish; eye-spots (orange) present in live and fixed specimens (
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). Very small, scaưered pores (~0.5 µm in diameter, visible only with SEM) on the dorsolateral cuticle and legs (
<figureCitation id="1372EDD26E00FFA0FC192E156FBCFA93" box="[908,994,1326,1350]" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="21.[113,178,1836,1860]" captionTargetBox="[165,1408,144,1808]" captionTargetId="figure-6@21.[165,1408,144,1808]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="Figure 11. Xerobiotus litus. A, animal in toto. B, crybrose area and pores of the posterolateral sensory field (black arrowhead); white arrowheads indicate granules on the cuticle. C, legs IIIII, with furbelow-like structures; arrowhead indicates pore.D, claws II. E, egg processes. F, egg surface and processes.AF, SEM. Scale bars: 50 µm in A; 3 µm in B; 10 µm in C, E; 5 µm in D, F." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10470615" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10470615/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="130">Fig. 11C</figureCitation>
). Very small single granules (visible only with SEM), distributed almost regularly, present on the entire cuticle (
<figureCitation id="1372EDD26E00FFA0FCA02E566FD6FA50" box="[821,904,1389,1413]" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="21.[113,178,1836,1860]" captionTargetBox="[165,1408,144,1808]" captionTargetId="figure-6@21.[165,1408,144,1808]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="Figure 11. Xerobiotus litus. A, animal in toto. B, crybrose area and pores of the posterolateral sensory field (black arrowhead); white arrowheads indicate granules on the cuticle. C, legs IIIII, with furbelow-like structures; arrowhead indicates pore.D, claws II. E, egg processes. F, egg surface and processes.AF, SEM. Scale bars: 50 µm in A; 3 µm in B; 10 µm in C, E; 5 µm in D, F." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10470615" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10470615/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="130">Fig. 11B</figureCitation>
). Legs of the first pair clearly smaller than those of the second and third pairs. The area of the leg cuticle surrounding the claws with a swelling (forming a furbelow-like structure;
<figureCitation id="1372EDD26E00FFA0FA182E906F09FA36" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="20.[129,194,1836,1860]" captionTargetBox="[180,1423,144,1808]" captionTargetId="figure-5@20.[180,1423,144,1808]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="Figure 10. Xerobiotus litus. A, animal in toto. B, buccopharyngeal apparatus. C, buccal armature (dorsal view). D, buccal armature (ventral view).E, claw II. F, claw IV (arrowheads indicate thickenings under claw base). G, legs I and II, with the swellings of the furbelow-like structure (arrowheads). H, egg.I, egg surface and processes. J, sperm in the gonad (stained with Orcein). A, CG, PhC; B, HJ, DIC. Scale bars: 20 µm in A, GI; 10 µm in BF, J." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10470613" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10470613/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="130">Fig. 10G</figureCitation>
) covered with microdigitations (clearly visible only with SEM;
<figureCitation id="1372EDD26E00FFA0FCFE2ED16F9DF9D7" box="[875,963,1514,1538]" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="21.[113,178,1836,1860]" captionTargetBox="[165,1408,144,1808]" captionTargetId="figure-6@21.[165,1408,144,1808]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="Figure 11. Xerobiotus litus. A, animal in toto. B, crybrose area and pores of the posterolateral sensory field (black arrowhead); white arrowheads indicate granules on the cuticle. C, legs IIIII, with furbelow-like structures; arrowhead indicates pore.D, claws II. E, egg processes. F, egg surface and processes.AF, SEM. Scale bars: 50 µm in A; 3 µm in B; 10 µm in C, E; 5 µm in D, F." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10470615" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10470615/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="130">Fig. 11D</figureCitation>
).
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Buccopharyngeal apparatus of
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, with anteroventral mouth and 10 small peribuccal lamellae. Oral cavity armature of the
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(with LM), with only third band of teeth and three dorsal transversal crests (in contact), two ventral lateral crests and the medioventral crest split in two granules (
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). Typically shaped stylet furcae, with oval condyles supported by short branches provided with rounded apophyses. In the pharynx (
<figureCitation id="1372EDD26E00FFA0FBDF2DDF68C0F928" box="[1098,1182,1764,1789]" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="20.[129,194,1836,1860]" captionTargetBox="[180,1423,144,1808]" captionTargetId="figure-5@20.[180,1423,144,1808]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="Figure 10. Xerobiotus litus. A, animal in toto. B, buccopharyngeal apparatus. C, buccal armature (dorsal view). D, buccal armature (ventral view).E, claw II. F, claw IV (arrowheads indicate thickenings under claw base). G, legs I and II, with the swellings of the furbelow-like structure (arrowheads). H, egg.I, egg surface and processes. J, sperm in the gonad (stained with Orcein). A, CG, PhC; B, HJ, DIC. Scale bars: 20 µm in A, GI; 10 µm in BF, J." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10470613" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10470613/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="130">Fig. 10B</figureCitation>
): large and triangular pharyngeal apophyses overlapping the first macroplacoid; two rod-shaped macroplacoids, length sequence 2 &lt;1 (in lateral view), and evident drop-shaped microplacoid. In frontal view, the first macroplacoid is in the shape of a drop with a medial slight constriction longer than the second, the second rectangular with rounded corners and with a small terminal slight constriction.
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Figure 10.
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. A, animal
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. B, buccopharyngeal apparatus. C, buccal armature (dorsal view). D, buccal armature (ventral view). E, claw II. F, claw IV (arrowheads indicate thickenings under claw base). G, legs I and II, with the swellings of the furbelow-like structure (arrowheads). H, egg. I, egg surface and processes. J, sperm in the gonad (stained with Orcein). A, CG, PhC; B, HJ, DIC. Scale bars: 20 µm in A, GI; 10 µm in BF, J.
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Figure 11.
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. A, animal
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. B, crybrose area and pores of the posterolateral sensory field (black arrowhead); white arrowheads indicate granules on the cuticle. C, legs IIIII, with furbelow-like structures; arrowhead indicates pore. D, claws II. E, egg processes. F, egg surface and processes. AF, SEM. Scale bars: 50 µm in A; 3 µm in B; 10 µm in C, E; 5 µm in D, F.
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Claws IIII of
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, with thick base (without lunules), a triangular common tract and a right angle between the two claw branches (
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,
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). Claw IV with a longer common tract, small and short claw branches, proximal portion laterally enlarged to form a concavity (lunules absent), and a cuticular thickening in the shape of a ring with irregular margins present under the claw base (and connected with it) (
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). Main branches of all claws with small accessory points.
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Eggs spherical, laid freely (
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,
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). Surface between processes of
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, i.e. covered with a reticulum formed by a mesh of small, densely distributed pores, uniform in size and evenly distributed (
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,
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). Processes of the
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, relatively large and with a straight trunk and a large and convex terminal disc. The edge of the terminal discs indented; indentations arranged regularly to form a crenated circumference and ornamented with granules (visible only with SEM;
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). Egg with an embryo not found; the eggs were aưributed to this species for the morphological affinities of their morphologies to the other eggs of the genus.
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FF1529C66D54FCC0" box="[128,266,765,789]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">Reproduction:</emphasis>
Gonochoristic amphimictic species; females and male present.
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FF15286D6DD6FCBB" box="[128,392,854,878]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">Molecular characterization:</emphasis>
Four haplotypes for
<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FDF7286D6ED1FCBB" box="[610,655,854,878]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">cox1</emphasis>
(p-distance 0.2%0.9%), two haplotypes for ITS2 (p-distance 0.2%), two haplotypesfor 18S, andonehaplotypefor 28Sgenes (GenBankaccession numbers in Supporting Information,
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; p-distances in Supporting Information, Table S8). The more similar sequences of
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belong:for
<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FED928C86D27FBDE" box="[332,377,1011,1035]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">cox1</emphasis>
, to
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FE0F28C96E01FBDF" box="[410,607,1010,1034]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">Xerobiotus arenosum</emphasis>
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and to
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FD3628C96F57FBDF" box="[675,777,1010,1034]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">Xerobiotus</emphasis>
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1, with p-distances of 9.3%; for ITS2, to
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FDEA2F286E87FBFF" box="[639,729,1043,1066]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">X. gretae</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FF152F0A6CB8FB9C" box="[128,230,1073,1097]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">Xerobiotus</emphasis>
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1, with p-distances of 0.4%0.7% and 0.2%2.0%, respectively (Supporting Information, Table S8).
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FF152FBE6E53FB48" box="[128,525,1157,1181]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">
Differential diagnosis:
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differs from all other
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species
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by a common tract in claw IV, with proximal portion laterally enlarged, generating a concavity, and the largest terminal disc of the egg processes among all the other species of the genus (diameter 4.57.0 µm). Moreover,
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FDD62E386ED9FACF" box="[579,647,1282,1306]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">X. litus</emphasis>
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differs from:
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FF152E196CB0FAEF" box="[128,238,1314,1338]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">X. reductus</emphasis>
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by the shape of claws IIII (with wider and more triangular common tract) and claws IV (with proximal portion laterally enlarged, forming a concavity and a cuticular thickening under the claw base), and convex terminal discs of egg processes;
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by the absence of small plates at the base of claws IIII (visible with LM as semilunar thickening), the absence of lunules in claws IV, and convex terminal discs of egg processes;
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FD662EE56CE4F9C0" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">X. gretae</emphasis>
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by the shape of claws IIII (more stumpy, with triangular common tract and a clear right angle between the two claw branches), the absence of lunules in claws IV, and convex terminal discs of egg processes;
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FE3C2D676E4FF9A6" box="[425,529,1628,1651]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">X. naginae</emphasis>
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by the shape of the claw IIII (with triangular common tract and right angle between the two claw branches), and convex terminal discs of egg processes;
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<emphasis id="B93D2D456E05FFA5FF152D816D5EF904" box="[128,256,1721,1745]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="133">X. xerophilus</emphasis>
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by the absence of cuticular plates (visible only with SEM) at the base of all claws (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD88CA66E05FFA5FE3E2DE36EF0F925" author="Dastych H &amp; Alberti G" box="[427,686,1752,1776]" pageId="22" pageNumber="133" pagination="157 - 69" refId="ref19047" refString="Dastych H, Alberti G. Redescription of Macrobiotus xerophilus (Dastych, 1978) comb. nov., with some phylogenetic notes (Tardigrada, Macrobiotidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologische Museum und Institut. Hamburgisches Zoologisches Museum und Institut: Hamburg 1990; 87: 157 - 69." type="journal article" year="1990">Dastych and Alberti 1990</bibRefCitation>
) and the shape of egg processes (without a funnel-like depression).
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