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: near
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.
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There is confusion about the sense organs on legs of this species. According to
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,
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<emphasis id="32C0F507FFFB907AFAFC8717FA06FE41" box="[1301,1436,533,558]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B. parvulus</emphasis>
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has a spine on the first pair of legs and a papilla on the hind legs (
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indicated the presence of sense organs on legs I and IV as a character of the genus), but according to other authors (e.g.
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;
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;
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;
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) in
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<emphasis id="32C0F507FFFB907AFC06877FFBE3FEF9" box="[1007,1145,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B. parvulus</emphasis>
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these structures may be present or absent. Many authors recorded this species but did not specify whether these structures were present or absent in their specimens. In the past we have attributed to the species
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many specimens from
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, Northern Africa,
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and
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, all lacking spine I and papilla IV.
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instituted the species
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<emphasis id="32C0F507FFFB907AFF1D860AFEE7FF4E" box="[244,381,776,801]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B. parvulus</emphasis>
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for the Canadian form of
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<emphasis id="32C0F507FFFB907AFD5F860AFC53FF4E" box="[694,969,776,801]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Echiniscus intermedius</emphasis>
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described by
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, page 161) (the
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form of
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<emphasis id="32C0F507FFFB907AFE918628FD09FF2C" box="[376,659,810,835]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Echiniscus intermedius</emphasis>
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, was described from
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(
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, page 129) and is today ascribed to the genus
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). We ascertained that Murray, in describing the Canadian form, did not specify whether a spine on legs I and a papilla on legs IV were present or not. Interestingly,
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did not draw the papilla for the Canadian form (see: Figures 52a and 52b; Tav. XX), while in the figure 17 (Tav. XVI), relating to the
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(Australian) form of
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, the papilla IV is clearly visible. We have many doubts about the attribution of the presence or absence of these structures to ‘individual variability’, and we can hypothesize that the presence of a spine on legs I and of a papilla on legs IV in
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<emphasis id="32C0F507FFFB907AFF7E811FFE00F859" box="[151,410,1053,1078]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Bryodelphax parvulus</emphasis>
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derived from the description of the
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form of
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<emphasis id="32C0F507FFFB907AFC37811FFB74F859" box="[990,1262,1053,1078]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Echiniscus intermedius</emphasis>
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. We also think that if specimens with spine I and papilla IV truly exist, they have to be ascribed to another species, not
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<emphasis id="32C0F507FFFB907AFA6B8142FF67F813" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B. parvulus</emphasis>
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; besides, it is possible that specimens lacking those structures have already been ascribed to different species.
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With regard to the lateral intersegmental platelets,
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<bibRefCitation id="642554E4FFFB907AFCC181AAFC43F8AD" author="Murray, J." box="[808,985,1192,1218]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="81 - 185" refId="ref12302" refString="Murray, J. (1910) Tardigrada. British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 9. Reports on the Scientific Investigations. Volume 1 Biology, (Part V), 81 - 185." type="book chapter" year="1910">Murray (1910)</bibRefCitation>
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did not specify whether they were or were not present. All the specimens we have examined have 12 platelets and we think that the presence of these structures may have passed unnoticed by other taxonomists due the difficulty in observing these characters.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="000B2915FFFB907AFF2C8030FE23F9FD" blockId="5.[151,1436,498,1495]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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The specimen from
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<collectingCountry id="78A36985FFFB907AFE468030FE6AF923" box="[431,496,1330,1356]" name="Israel" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Israel</collectingCountry>
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has lateral intersegmental platelets, lacks spine I and papilla IV, and is similar to European specimens in the cuticular ornamentation. In conclusion, we feel justified in attributing the Israeli specimen to
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<taxonomicName id="C7B45296FFFB907AFEC2807AFE28F9FE" authorityName="Thulin" authorityYear="1928" box="[299,434,1400,1425]" class="Heterotardigrada" family="Echiniscidae" genus="Bryodelphax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Echiniscoidea" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="parvulus">
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<emphasis id="32C0F507FFFB907AFEC2807AFE28F9FE" box="[299,434,1400,1425]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B. parvulus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="000B2915FFFB907AFF2C8098FE70F9B8" blockId="5.[151,1436,498,1495]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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The species, a new record for
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<collectingCountry id="78A36985FFFB907AFDD28098FD18F9DB" box="[571,642,1434,1460]" name="Israel" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Israel</collectingCountry>
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, has been recorded for all the zoogeographic regions, excluding Australian and the Antarctic.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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