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locality.
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A60CFFBC4FE7EFBDD" bold="true" box="[199,437,1105,1130]" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Material examined.</emphasis>
(collected by Prof. Salvatore Motta between 1990.12.15 and 1991.1.12): Vegetation Island (2 specimens, holotype and one paratype, slides No. 4535, from debris of the bottom of a small lake, together with 
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and 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A632DFB0CFBC8FB06" box="[805,1027,1177,1201]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Diphascon dastychi</emphasis>
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; and Mariella Creek (8 specimens, slides Nos. 4540–4541, from debris of the bottom, together with 
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and 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A609FFB74FEBFFB4E" box="[151,372,1249,1273]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Diphascon dastychi</emphasis>
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).
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repository.
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are preserved in the collection of 
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and 
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in the 
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of the 
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, 
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and 
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(
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“ 
<collectingMunicipality id="163FA01BFFEF312A6507FABCFF17FAD1" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Marcello La Greca</collectingMunicipality>
” of the 
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, 
<collectingCountry id="8EF37AF1FFEF312A623CFAD8FDA7FAD1" box="[564,620,1357,1382]" name="Italy" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Italy</collectingCountry>
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A60CFFAE4FE6AFA3D" bold="true" box="[199,417,1393,1418]" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Specific diagnosis.</emphasis>
Colourless, cuticle smooth, eye spots present; bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of the 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A6532FAE4FA57FA3E" box="[1338,1436,1393,1417]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius</emphasis>
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(buccal tube rigid, without ventral lamina and with hook-shaped apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles); stylet supports inserted on the buccal tube at 65.7–68.0 percent of its length; pharyngeal bulb with apophyses and two rod-shaped macroplacoids; microplacoid and septulum absent; external claws of 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A6518FA48FA57FA42" box="[1296,1436,1501,1525]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Isohypsibius</emphasis>
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, internal claw of modified 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A60CFF9B0FDEBF989" bold="true" box="[199,544,1573,1598]" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">
Description of the 
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.
</emphasis>
Body 240 µm long, colourless, cuticle smooth, eye spots present in living specimens; bucco-pharyngeal apparatus (
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A,B) of 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A6305F9DCFCA4F9D6" box="[781,879,1609,1633]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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; the rigid and narrow buccal tube is 28.4 µm long and 2.5 µm wide (
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A61BAF9FBFE03F932" box="[434,456,1646,1669]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
= 8.8); the ventral lamina is absent; both the dorsal and ventral apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles hook-shaped, slightly asymmetrical with respect to the frontal plane (
<figureCitation id="6EDF26E4FFEF312A6518F904FA9AF91D" box="[1296,1361,1681,1706]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1346,1368]" captionTargetBox="[353,1237,347,1317]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[340,1247,337,1325]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Mixibius felix. sp. nov. A, Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of the holotype (slide No. 4535). B, Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of a paratype (slide No. 4539) in lateral view: the hook-shaped apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles are visible (the ventral indicated by arrow “ a ”, the dorsal by arrow “ b ”), both followed by a thickening of the buccal tube wall. C, Claws of the second pair of legs of a paratype (slide No. 4540); an accessory point of the external claw (arrow) is visible. D, Claws of the hind legs of a paratype (slide No. 4531). Scale bars = 10 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/885548/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
B of a 
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, arrows a—ventral and b—dorsal): the dorsal apophysis is slightly more stumpy, with a blunt and swollen caudal apex. A short median cuticular thickening is present caudal to both these apophyses (the ventral less visible) (
<figureCitation id="6EDF26E4FFEF312A6097F968FF2AF8A1" box="[159,225,1789,1814]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1346,1368]" captionTargetBox="[353,1237,347,1317]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[340,1247,337,1325]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Mixibius felix. sp. nov. A, Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of the holotype (slide No. 4535). B, Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of a paratype (slide No. 4539) in lateral view: the hook-shaped apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles are visible (the ventral indicated by arrow “ a ”, the dorsal by arrow “ b ”), both followed by a thickening of the buccal tube wall. C, Claws of the second pair of legs of a paratype (slide No. 4540); an accessory point of the external claw (arrow) is visible. D, Claws of the hind legs of a paratype (slide No. 4531). Scale bars = 10 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/885548/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
B). The buccal armature is not clearly visible but teeth appear to be absent (unlike 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFEF312A64A9F96BFA57F8A2" baseAuthorityName="Richters" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[1185,1436,1790,1813]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Acutuncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="antarcticus">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A64A9F96BFA57F8A2" box="[1185,1436,1790,1813]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Acutuncus antarcticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
where well developed teeth are clearly visible). The stylet supports are inserted on the buccal tube at 67.8% of its length (
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A60F0F8D3FEC5F8EA" box="[248,270,1862,1885]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
= 67.8). Pharyngeal bulb with well-developed apophyses and two rod-shaped macroplacoids: microplacoid and septulum absent (
<figureCitation id="6EDF26E4FFEF312A622DF8FCFDA8F835" box="[549,611,1897,1922]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1346,1368]" captionTargetBox="[353,1237,347,1317]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[340,1247,337,1325]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Mixibius felix. sp. nov. A, Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of the holotype (slide No. 4535). B, Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of a paratype (slide No. 4539) in lateral view: the hook-shaped apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles are visible (the ventral indicated by arrow “ a ”, the dorsal by arrow “ b ”), both followed by a thickening of the buccal tube wall. C, Claws of the second pair of legs of a paratype (slide No. 4540); an accessory point of the external claw (arrow) is visible. D, Claws of the hind legs of a paratype (slide No. 4531). Scale bars = 10 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/885548/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
A). The first placoid, with a central narrowing, is 5.9 µm long (
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A652FF8FFFAF7F836" box="[1319,1340,1898,1921]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
= 20.8), the second 5.4 µm (
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A617CF81BFE41F812" box="[372,394,1934,1957]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
= 19.0) and the entire macroplacoid row 11.4 µm long (
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A63F7F81BFBDEF812" box="[1023,1045,1934,1957]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
= 40.1).
</paragraph>
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The external claws are of the 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A621BF824FD54F87E" box="[531,671,1969,1993]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Isohypsibius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, the internal are modified 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEF312A6408F824FB47F87E" box="[1024,1164,1969,1993]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Isohypsibius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="295F84C3FFEF312A649BF827FB0DF87D" box="[1171,1222,1970,1994]" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">type</typeStatus>
, the angle between the basal portion and the secondary branch being larger than 90° (
<figureCitation id="6EDF26E4FFEF312A637CF840FC76F859" box="[884,957,2005,2030]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1346,1368]" captionTargetBox="[353,1237,347,1317]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[340,1247,337,1325]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Mixibius felix. sp. nov. A, Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of the holotype (slide No. 4535). B, Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of a paratype (slide No. 4539) in lateral view: the hook-shaped apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles are visible (the ventral indicated by arrow “ a ”, the dorsal by arrow “ b ”), both followed by a thickening of the buccal tube wall. C, Claws of the second pair of legs of a paratype (slide No. 4540); an accessory point of the external claw (arrow) is visible. D, Claws of the hind legs of a paratype (slide No. 4531). Scale bars = 10 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/885548/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="542" phylum="Tardigrada">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
C,D). As a consequence of the orientation, it is particularly rare to have specimens with buccal tube and all claws correctly aligned for measurement; in the 
<typeStatus id="295F84C3FFEC3129609FFF29FF32FF62" box="[151,249,188,213]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
it is possible to measure the internal claws I, that are 9.3 µm long (
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC312963F2FF28FBDBFF63" box="[1018,1040,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
= 32.7); the external claws III, are 13.4 µm long (
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC31296137FF74FE9FFF4F" box="[319,340,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
= 47.2), the main branches of which are the 72.9% of the total claw length; the internal claws of the same pair of legs that are 9.7 µm long (
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC3129627FFE90FD47FEAB" box="[631,652,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
= 34.2) and the anterior claws IV, 10.1 µm long (
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC312964B0FE90FB05FEAB" box="[1208,1230,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
= 35.6).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F65B3A61FFEC3129609FFAD7FC4CFA65" blockId="2.[151,1436,1346,1490]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC3129609FFAD7FEDEFAE0" bold="true" box="[151,277,1346,1368]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC31296115FAD7FE79FAEF" box="[285,434,1346,1368]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFEC31296115FAD7FE65FAEF" authorityName="Lisi" authorityYear="2017" box="[285,430,1346,1368]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="felix">Mixibius felix</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC312961B2FAD7FDE5FAE0" bold="true" box="[442,558,1346,1367]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">sp. nov. A,</emphasis>
Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of the holotype (slide No. 4535). 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC312964CAFAD7FB12FAE0" bold="true" box="[1218,1241,1346,1367]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">B,</emphasis>
Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of a paratype (slide No. 4539) in lateral view: the hook-shaped apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles are visible (the ventral indicated by arrow “a”, the dorsal by arrow “b”), both followed by a thickening of the buccal tube wall. 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC3129658BFAEAFA5EFA22" bold="true" box="[1411,1429,1407,1429]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">C</emphasis>
, Claws of the second pair of legs of a paratype (slide No. 4540); an accessory point of the external claw (arrow) is visible. 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC3129658BFA0BFA57FA04" bold="true" box="[1411,1436,1438,1459]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">D,</emphasis>
Claws of the hind legs of a paratype (slide No. 4531). Scale bars = 10 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F65B3A61FFEC312960CFFA6AFBE1F98B" blockId="2.[151,1437,1535,2028]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543">
The main branches of all claws have thin accessory points (
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C, arrow); the basal extremity of the claws is slightly enlarged but lunules and other cuticular thickening on the legs are absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F65B3A61FFEC312960CFF9DDFEB1F9D7" blockId="2.[151,1437,1535,2028]" box="[199,378,1607,1632]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543">Eggs not found.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BEFE69EAFFEC312960CFF9FEFE37F91F" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="F65B3A61FFEC312960CFF9FEFE37F91F" blockId="2.[151,1437,1535,2028]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC312960CFF9FEFE85F933" bold="true" box="[199,334,1643,1668]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC31296226F9FEFD95F934" box="[558,606,1643,1667]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">felix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC31296278F9FEFD6BF934" box="[624,672,1643,1667]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">felix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
= happy) expresses the “happiness” of the species for having been finally identified and described.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BEFE69EAFFEC312960CFF926FA43F97B" box="[199,1416,1715,1740]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="F65B3A61FFEC312960CFF926FA43F97B" blockId="2.[151,1437,1535,2028]" box="[199,1416,1715,1740]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC312960CFF926FEF6F97B" bold="true" box="[199,317,1715,1740]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Remarks:</emphasis>
The 
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are similar to the 
<typeStatus id="295F84C3FFEC312962A5F926FCC4F97B" box="[685,783,1715,1740]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
in both qualitative and quantitative characters (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BEFE69EAFFEC312F60CFF942FD05FF63" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="545" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="F65B3A61FFEC312960CFF942FD08F85B" blockId="2.[151,1437,1535,2028]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC312960CFF942FE04F947" bold="true" box="[199,463,1751,1776]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
Before comparing 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC312962A6F942FC82F958" box="[686,841,1751,1775]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius felix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC3129635AF942FC65F947" bold="true" box="[850,942,1751,1776]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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with the other species of the genus, taking into consideration that in some orientations the claws of 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC31296305F96EFCA4F8A4" box="[781,879,1787,1811]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may appear to be of the 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC31296489F96EFB2DF8A4" box="[1153,1254,1787,1811]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Hypsibiu</emphasis>
s 
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and could cause some difficulties in distinguishing between 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC312962CEF88AFCE3F880" box="[710,808,1823,1847]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC31296357F8B5FC18F880" box="[863,979,1824,1847]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Acutuncus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, we therefore considered it opportune to insert a comparative figures of 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC31296211F8D1FD45F8EC" box="[537,654,1860,1883]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Acutuncus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC31296304F8D1FBC6F8EC" box="[780,1037,1860,1883]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Acutuncus antarcticus</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="6EDF26E4FFEC3129642BF8D6FBA5F8EB" box="[1059,1134,1859,1884]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1932,1954]" captionTargetBox="[350,1228,773,1872]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[340,1247,759,1887]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Acutuncus antarcticus. A, B: Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus (slide No. 5779); the peculiar shape (characteristic of the genus) of the apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles (arrows) is evident. C, Claws of the third pair of legs (slide No. 5779). D, Claws of the hind legs (slide No. 5774). Scale bars = 10 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/885550/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
) has a bucco-pharyngeal apparatus with the characteristic “sharp hooks” for the insertion of the stylet muscles (
<figureCitation id="6EDF26E4FFEC312964BFF8F2FAC0F837" box="[1207,1291,1895,1920]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1932,1954]" captionTargetBox="[350,1228,773,1872]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[340,1247,759,1887]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Acutuncus antarcticus. A, B: Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus (slide No. 5779); the peculiar shape (characteristic of the genus) of the apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles (arrows) is evident. C, Claws of the third pair of legs (slide No. 5779). D, Claws of the hind legs (slide No. 5774). Scale bars = 10 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/885550/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
A,B arrows) compared with the more stumpy and blunt hook-shaped of 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC31296336F81EFC12F814" box="[830,985,1931,1955]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius felix</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC312963EBF81EFBF5F813" bold="true" box="[995,1086,1931,1956]" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="6EDF26E4FFEC31296447F81EFB5AF813" box="[1103,1169,1931,1956]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1346,1368]" captionTargetBox="[353,1237,347,1317]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[340,1247,337,1325]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Mixibius felix. sp. nov. A, Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of the holotype (slide No. 4535). B, Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of a paratype (slide No. 4539) in lateral view: the hook-shaped apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles are visible (the ventral indicated by arrow “ a ”, the dorsal by arrow “ b ”), both followed by a thickening of the buccal tube wall. C, Claws of the second pair of legs of a paratype (slide No. 4540); an accessory point of the external claw (arrow) is visible. D, Claws of the hind legs of a paratype (slide No. 4531). Scale bars = 10 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/885548/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
B arrows a, b), and the 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC3129609FF825FEC7F870" box="[151,268,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Acutuncus</emphasis>
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claws are described as ‘external of the 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC312962D8F83AFC97F870" box="[720,860,1967,1991]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Isohypsibius</emphasis>
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, internal of the 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC31296444F83AFB77F870" box="[1100,1212,1967,1991]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Hypsibius</emphasis>
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type’ (
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C,D), compared with 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEC3129614DF841FE6CF85B" box="[325,423,2004,2028]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="543" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius</emphasis>
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claws (
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C, D).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFED3128609FFF0DFEC5FF18" bold="true" box="[151,270,152,175]" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Morphometric measurements for 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFED3128633BFF0DFC45FF18" bold="true" box="[819,910,152,175]" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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are provided in µm with the 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED312864E1FF0DFB35FF18" box="[1257,1278,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
index values. Comparative data for one specimen of 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFED3128625AFF22FCCAFF78" box="[594,769,183,207]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius pilatoi</emphasis>
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, one specimen of 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFED312863DFFF22FB51FF78" box="[983,1178,183,207]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius fueginus</emphasis>
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and two specimens of 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFED3128609FFF42FEACFF58" box="[151,359,215,239]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius saracenus</emphasis>
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are also provided.
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The data for 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286128FF62FE02FEB8" box="[288,457,247,271]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius pilatoi</emphasis>
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are from the original description of the species.
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felix 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFED3128621EFEBEFDACFEF7" bold="true" box="[534,615,299,320]" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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pilatoi
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fueginus
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holot.
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holot.
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4100 
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1701 
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</collectingRegion>
holot.
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="48D43823FFEDCED46097FDB4FAA5FDD7" box="[159,1390,545,608]" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">
<th id="0B05515FFFEDCED46097FDB4FE97FDD7" box="[159,348,545,608]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Body length Buccal tube length</th>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46188FDB4FE17FDD7" box="[384,476,545,608]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">180 21.3</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED461EAFDB4FDACFDD7" box="[482,615,545,608]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">220 28.2</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46262FDB4FD1DFDD7" box="[618,726,545,608]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">240 28.4</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED462E2FDB4FC8BFDD7" box="[746,832,545,608]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">? 30.5</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4636AFDB4FC73FDD7" box="[866,952,545,608]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">327 38.9</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED463D2FDB4FBF8FDD7" box="[986,1075,545,608]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">305.6 39.1</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4645AFDB4FB7FFDD7" box="[1106,1204,545,608]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">242 30.5</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED464EAFDB4FAD7FDD7" box="[1250,1308,545,608]" gridcol="8" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">150 23.8</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4654AFDB4FAB7FDD7" box="[1346,1404,545,608]" gridcol="9" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">240 26.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="48D43823FFEDCED46097FDE1FAA5FC93" box="[159,1390,628,804]" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">
<th id="0B05515FFFEDCED46097FDE1FE97FC93" box="[159,348,628,804]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">
Buccal tube width 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097FD0BFF78FD6A" box="[159,179,670,733]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt pt</emphasis>
Stylet supports insertion point First placoid
</th>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46188FDE1FE17FC93" box="[384,476,628,804]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">1.7 8.0 68.0 4.2</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED461EAFDE1FDACFC93" box="[482,615,628,804]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">2.4 8.5 67.9 5.4</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46262FDE1FD1DFC93" box="[618,726,628,804]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">2.5 8.8 67.8 5.9</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED462E2FDE1FC8BFC93" box="[746,832,628,804]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">3.0 9.8 66.2 6.8</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4636AFDE1FC73FC93" box="[866,952,628,804]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">4.2 10.8 65.7 8.3</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED463D2FDE1FBF8FC93" box="[986,1075,628,804]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">3.2 8.2 73.1 5.2</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4645AFDE1FB7FFC93" box="[1106,1204,628,804]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">3.4 11.1 61.9 6.5</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED464EAFDE1FAD7FC93" box="[1250,1308,628,804]" gridcol="8" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">3.3 13.9 66.0 5.9</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4654AFDE1FAB7FC93" box="[1346,1404,628,804]" gridcol="9" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">3.6 13.7 64.2 7.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="48D43823FFEDCED46097FCADFAA5FC17" box="[159,1390,824,928]" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">
<th id="0B05515FFFEDCED46097FCADFE97FC17" box="[159,348,824,928]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097FCACFF78FCF9" box="[159,179,825,846]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
Second placoid 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097FC1EFF78FC17" box="[159,179,907,928]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46188FCADFE17FC17" box="[384,476,824,928]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">19.7 3.2 15.0</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED461EAFCADFDACFC17" box="[482,615,824,928]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">19.2 4.4 15.6</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46262FCADFD1DFC17" box="[618,726,824,928]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">20.8 5.4 19.0</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED462E2FCADFC8BFC17" box="[746,832,824,928]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">22.3 4.9 16.1</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4636AFCADFC73FC17" box="[866,952,824,928]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">21.3 7.3 18.8</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED463D2FCADFBF8FC17" box="[986,1075,824,928]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">13.3 3.4 8.7</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4645AFCADFB7FFC17" box="[1106,1204,824,928]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">21.3 4.5 14.8</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED464EAFCADFAD7FC17" box="[1250,1308,824,928]" gridcol="8" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">24.8 4.6 19.3</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4654AFCADFAB7FC17" box="[1346,1404,824,928]" gridcol="9" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">27.8 5.3 20.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="48D43823FFEDCED46097FC21FAA5FBAB" box="[159,1390,948,1052]" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">
<th id="0B05515FFFEDCED46097FC21FE97FBAB" box="[159,348,948,1052]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">
Placoid row 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097FC4BFF78FC44" box="[159,179,990,1011]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
Ext. claw I
</th>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46188FC21FE17FBAB" box="[384,476,948,1052]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">7.5 35.2 9.1</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED461EAFC21FDACFBAB" box="[482,615,948,1052]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">11.8 41.8 12.3</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46262FC21FD1DFBAB" box="[618,726,948,1052]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">11.4 40.1?</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED462E2FC21FC8BFBAB" box="[746,832,948,1052]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">13.0 42.6?</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4636AFC21FC73FBAB" box="[866,952,948,1052]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">15.9 40.9?</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED463D2FC21FBF8FBAB" box="[986,1075,948,1052]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">10.7 27.4 10.1</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4645AFC21FB7FFBAB" box="[1106,1204,948,1052]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">12.3 40.3 12.3</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED464EAFC21FAD7FBAB" box="[1250,1308,948,1052]" gridcol="8" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">13.0 54.6?</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4654AFC21FAB7FBAB" box="[1346,1404,948,1052]" gridcol="9" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">12.7 48.3?</td>
</tr>
<tr id="48D43823FFEDCED46097FBA5FA85FB2F" box="[159,1358,1072,1176]" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">
<th id="0B05515FFFEDCED46097FBA5FE97FB2F" box="[159,348,1072,1176]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097FBA4FF78FBF1" box="[159,179,1073,1094]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
Mainbranch% Int. claw I
</th>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46188FBA5FE17FB2F" box="[384,476,1072,1176]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">42.7 71.2?</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED461EAFBA5FDACFB2F" box="[482,615,1072,1176]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">43.6 74.8 8.5</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46262FBA5FD1DFB2F" box="[618,726,1072,1176]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">?? 9.3</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED462E2FBA5FC8BFB2F" box="[746,832,1072,1176]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">???</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4636AFBA5FC73FB2F" box="[866,952,1072,1176]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">?? 13.2</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED463D2FBA5FBF8FB2F" box="[986,1075,1072,1176]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">25.8? 8.3</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4645AFBA5FB7FFB2F" box="[1106,1204,1072,1176]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">40.3 7.4.0 8.3</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED464EAFBA5FAD7FB2F" box="[1250,1308,1072,1176]" gridcol="8" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">???</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4654AFBA5FAB7FB2F" box="[1346,1404,1072,1176]" gridcol="9" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">???</td>
</tr>
<tr id="48D43823FFEDCED46097FB39FA85FA27" box="[159,1358,1196,1424]" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">
<th id="0B05515FFFEDCED46097FB39FE97FA27" box="[159,348,1196,1424]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097FB38FF78FB75" box="[159,179,1197,1218]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
Ext. claw II 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097FA95FF78FAA2" box="[159,179,1280,1301]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
Main branch % Int. claw II 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097FAEEFF78FA27" box="[159,179,1403,1424]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46188FB39FE17FA27" box="[384,476,1196,1424]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">? 9.2 43.2 73.2??</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED461EAFB39FDACFA27" box="[482,615,1196,1424]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">30.1??? 9.3 33.0</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46262FB39FD1DFA27" box="[618,726,1196,1424]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">32.7?????</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED462E2FB39FC8BFA27" box="[746,832,1196,1424]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">? 12.8 42.0 70.2 9.6 31.5</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4636AFB39FC73FA27" box="[866,952,1196,1424]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">33.9 17.4 44.7 74.7??</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED463D2FB39FBF8FA27" box="[986,1075,1196,1424]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">21.2 10.5 26.8? 8.7 22.2</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4645AFB39FB7FFA27" box="[1106,1204,1196,1424]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">27.2 13.4 43.9 72.4 9.2 30.2</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED464EAFB39FAD7FA27" box="[1250,1308,1196,1424]" gridcol="8" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">??????</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4654AFB39FAB7FA27" box="[1346,1404,1196,1424]" gridcol="9" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">??????</td>
</tr>
<tr id="48D43823FFEDCED46097FA31FA85F9BB" box="[159,1358,1444,1548]" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">
<th id="0B05515FFFEDCED46097FA31FE97F9BB" box="[159,348,1444,1548]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">
Ext. claw III 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097FA5BFF78FA54" box="[159,179,1486,1507]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
Main branch %
</th>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46188FA31FE17F9BB" box="[384,476,1444,1548]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">???</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED461EAFA31FDACF9BB" box="[482,615,1444,1548]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">13.4 47.5 73.1</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46262FA31FD1DF9BB" box="[618,726,1444,1548]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">13.4 47.2 72.9</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED462E2FA31FC8BF9BB" box="[746,832,1444,1548]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">13.5 44.3 73.3</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4636AFA31FC73F9BB" box="[866,952,1444,1548]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">???</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED463D2FA31FBF8F9BB" box="[986,1075,1444,1548]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">10.8 27.6?</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4645AFA31FB7FF9BB" box="[1106,1204,1444,1548]" gridcol="7" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">13.8 45.2 71.7</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED464EAFA31FAD7F9BB" box="[1250,1308,1444,1548]" gridcol="8" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">13.2 55.5 75.0</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4654AFA31FAB7F9BB" box="[1346,1404,1444,1548]" gridcol="9" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">???</td>
</tr>
<tr id="48D43823FFEDCED46097F9B5FAA5F93F" box="[159,1390,1568,1672]" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">
<th id="0B05515FFFEDCED46097F9B5FE97F93F" box="[159,348,1568,1672]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">
Int. claw III 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097F9DFFF78F9E8" box="[159,179,1610,1631]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
Post. claw IV
</th>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46188F9B5FE17F93F" box="[384,476,1568,1672]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">???</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED461EAF9B5FDACF93F" box="[482,615,1568,1672]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">9.5 33.7?</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46262F9B5FD1DF93F" box="[618,726,1568,1672]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">9.7 34.2?</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED462E2F9B5FC8BF93F" box="[746,832,1568,1672]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">10.5 34.4 17.2</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4636AF9B5FC73F93F" box="[866,952,1568,1672]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">12.8 32.9 22.7</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED463D2F9B5FBF8F93F" box="[986,1075,1568,1672]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">8.9 22.8 13.3</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4645AF9B5FB7FF93F" box="[1106,1204,1568,1672]" gridcol="7" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">9.2 30.2 17.6</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED464EAF9B5FAD7F93F" box="[1250,1308,1568,1672]" gridcol="8" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">???</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4654AF9B5FAB7F93F" box="[1346,1404,1568,1672]" gridcol="9" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">?? 15.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="48D43823FFEDCED46097F909FAA5F8B3" box="[159,1390,1692,1796]" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">
<th id="0B05515FFFEDCED46097F909FE97F8B3" box="[159,348,1692,1796]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097F908FF78F905" box="[159,179,1693,1714]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
Main branch % Ant. claw IV
</th>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46188F909FE17F8B3" box="[384,476,1692,1796]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">???</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED461EAF909FDACF8B3" box="[482,615,1692,1796]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">???</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46262F909FD1DF8B3" box="[618,726,1692,1796]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">?? 10.1</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED462E2F909FC8BF8B3" box="[746,832,1692,1796]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">56.4 72.1 10.1</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4636AF909FC73F8B3" box="[866,952,1692,1796]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">58.4 74.8 15.1</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED463D2F909FBF8F8B3" box="[986,1075,1692,1796]" gridcol="6" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">34.0? 11.6</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4645AF909FB7FF8B3" box="[1106,1204,1692,1796]" gridcol="7" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">57.7 73.3 10.7</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED464EAF909FAD7F8B3" box="[1250,1308,1692,1796]" gridcol="8" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">???</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4654AF909FAB7F8B3" box="[1346,1404,1692,1796]" gridcol="9" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">57.0 69.3?</td>
</tr>
<tr id="48D43823FFEDCED46097F88DFAB6F899" box="[159,1405,1816,1838]" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">
<th id="0B05515FFFEDCED46097F88DFE97F899" box="[159,348,1816,1838]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286097F88CFF78F899" box="[159,179,1817,1838]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46188F88DFE17F899" box="[384,476,1816,1838]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">?</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED461EAF88DFDACF899" box="[482,615,1816,1838]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">?</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED46262F88DFD1DF899" box="[618,726,1816,1838]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">35.6</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED462E2F88DFC8BF899" box="[746,832,1816,1838]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">33.1</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4636AF88DFC73F899" box="[866,952,1816,1838]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">38.8</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED463D2F88DFBF8F899" box="[986,1075,1816,1838]" gridcol="6" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">29.7</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4645AF88DFB7FF899" box="[1106,1204,1816,1838]" gridcol="7" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">35.1</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED464EAF88DFAD7F899" box="[1250,1308,1816,1838]" gridcol="8" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">?</td>
<td id="0B05515FFFEDCED4654AF88DFAB7F899" box="[1346,1404,1816,1838]" gridcol="9" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="544">?</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
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Nine species are known belonging to the genus 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFED312862EEF8FBFC83F831" box="[742,840,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFED31286350F8FBFB0CF830" authority="Pilato, 1973" authorityName="Pilato" authorityYear="1973" box="[856,1223,1902,1927]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="saracenus">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED31286350F8FBFBFFF831" box="[856,1076,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius saracenus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92754790FFED31286434F8FBFB0CF830" author="Pilato" box="[1084,1223,1902,1927]" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" refString="Pilato, G. (1973) Tardigradi delle acque dolci siciliane. Nota seconda. Bollettino delle Sedute dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, Catania, Series IV, 12,, 177 - 186." type="journal article" year="1973">Pilato, 1973</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFED312864DBF8FBFE41F81C" authority="Pilato &amp; Binda, 1996" authorityName="Pilato &amp; Binda" authorityYear="1996" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="fueginus">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED312864DBF8FBFA50F830" box="[1235,1435,1902,1927]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius fueginus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92754790FFED3128609FF807FE41F81C" author="Pilato" box="[151,394,1938,1963]" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" refString="Pilato, G. &amp; Binda, M. G. (1996) Mixibius fueginus, nuova specie di eutardigrado della Terra del Fuoco. Bollettino delle Sedute dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, Catania, 29, 351, 27 - 32." type="journal article" year="1996">Pilato &amp; Binda, 1996</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFED3128619EF806FCDEF81C" authority="Biserov, 1999" authorityName="Biserov" authorityYear="1999" box="[406,789,1938,1963]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="ninguidus">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED3128619EF806FDA4F81C" box="[406,623,1939,1963]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius ninguidus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92754790FFED3128627EF807FCDEF81C" author="Biserov" box="[630,789,1938,1963]" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" refString="Biserov, V. (1999) A review of the Tardigrada from Novaya Zemlya, with descriptions of three new species, and an evaluation of the environment in this region. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 238, 169 - 182." type="journal article" year="1999">Biserov, 1999</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFED3128632AF806FF19F878" authority="Pilato, Binda, Napolitano &amp; Moncada, 2001" authorityName="Pilato, Binda, Napolitano &amp; Moncada" authorityYear="2001" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="ornatus">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED3128632AF806FC2AF81D" box="[802,993,1939,1963]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius ornatus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92754790FFED312863E1F807FF19F878" author="Pilato" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" refString="Pilato, G., Binda, M. G., Napolitano, A. &amp; Moncada, E. (2001) Tardigrades from Ecuador, with the description of two new species: Mixibius ornatus n. sp. and Diphascon (Adropion) onorei n. sp. (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 37, 175 - 179. https: // doi. org / 10.1076 / snfe. 37.2.175.8584" type="journal article" year="2001">Pilato, Binda, Napolitano &amp; Moncada, 2001</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFED312860D5F823FD0CF878" authority="Pilato, Binda &amp; Lisi, 2004" authorityName="Pilato, Binda &amp; Lisi" authorityYear="2004" box="[221,711,1974,1999]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="sutirae">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED312860D5F823FE5FF879" box="[221,404,1974,1998]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius sutirae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92754790FFED31286193F823FD0CF878" author="Pilato" box="[411,711,1974,1999]" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" refString="Pilato, G., Binda, M. G. &amp; Lisi, O. (2004) Notes on some tardigrades from Thailand, with the description of two new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 31, 319 - 325. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03014223.2004.9518385" type="journal article" year="2004">Pilato, Binda &amp; Lisi, 2004</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFED312862DAF823FB82F878" authority="Li &amp; Li, 2008" authorityName="Li &amp; Li" authorityYear="2008" box="[722,1097,1974,1999]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="tibetanus">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED312862DAF823FC68F879" box="[722,931,1974,1998]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius tibetanus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92754790FFED312863A2F823FB82F878" author="Li" box="[938,1097,1974,1999]" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" refString="Li, H. &amp; Li, X. (2008) Two new species of Hypsibiidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada) from China. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 121 (1), 41 - 48. https: // doi. org / 10.2988 / 07 - 37.1" type="journal article" year="2008">Li &amp; Li, 2008</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFED3128645CF823FA5EF878" authority="Wang, 2009" authorityName="Wang" authorityYear="2009" box="[1108,1429,1974,1999]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="pilatoi">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED3128645CF823FACDF879" box="[1108,1286,1974,1998]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius pilatoi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92754790FFED31286506F822FA5EF878" author="Wang" box="[1294,1429,1975,1999]" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" refString="Wang, L. (2009) Tardigrades from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau (China) with description of two new species in the genera Mixibius (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) and Pseudechiniscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae). Journal of Natural History, 43 (41 - 42), 2553 - 2570." type="journal article" year="2009">Wang, 2009</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFED3128609FF84EFD53F844" authority="Pilato, Lisi &amp; Binda, 2010" authorityName="Pilato, Lisi &amp; Binda" authorityYear="2010" box="[151,664,2010,2035]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="schnurae">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED3128609FF84EFEACF844" box="[151,359,2011,2035]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius schnurae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92754790FFED31286166F84FFD53F844" author="Pilato" box="[366,664,2010,2035]" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" refString="Pilato, G., Lisi, O. &amp; Binda, M. G. (2010) Tardigrades of Israel with description of four new species. Zootaxa, 2665, 1 - 28." type="journal article" year="2010">Pilato, Lisi &amp; Binda, 2010</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFED312862C7F84EFB01F844" authority="Lisi, Sabella &amp; Pilato, 2014" authorityName="Lisi, Sabella &amp; Pilato" authorityYear="2014" box="[719,1226,2010,2035]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="parvus">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFED312862C7F84EFC4EF845" box="[719,901,2011,2035]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius parvus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92754790FFED31286384F84FFB01F844" author="Lisi" box="[908,1226,2010,2035]" pageId="3" pageNumber="544" phylum="Tardigrada" refString="Lisi, O., Sabella, G. &amp; Pilato, G. (2014) Mixibius parvus sp. nov. and Diphascon (Diphascon) ziliense sp. nov., two new species of Eutardigrada from Sicily. Zootaxa, 3802 (4), 459 - 468. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3802.4.3" type="journal article" year="2014">Lisi, Sabella &amp; Pilato, 2014</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. Only three have a smooth cuticle, therefore it seems necessary to compare 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F6332FF0DFC11FF07" box="[826,986,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius felix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F63EDFF02FB8FFF07" bold="true" box="[997,1092,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
with these species: 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F6532FF0DFEC2FF63" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius saracenus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFEA312F611EFF29FE15FF63" authorityName="Pilato &amp; Binda" authorityYear="1996" box="[278,478,188,212]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="fueginus">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F611EFF29FE15FF63" box="[278,478,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius fueginus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFEA312F621CFF29FD0DFF63" authorityName="Wang" authorityYear="2009" box="[532,710,188,212]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="pilatoi">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F621CFF29FD0DFF63" box="[532,710,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius pilatoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="F65B3A61FFEA312F60CFFF75FC09FE3F" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="545">
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFEA312F60CFFF75FEAAFF4F" ID-CoL="6a1a95c2-076a-4577-9145-cf89dc04ee93" authority="Lisi, 2017" authorityName="Lisi" authorityYear="2017" box="[199,353,224,248]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="felix" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F60CFFF75FEAAFF4F" box="[199,353,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius felix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DFA35B08FFEA312F6161FF4AFE08FF40" box="[361,451,223,248]" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F6161FF4AFE76FF4F" bold="true" box="[361,445,223,248]" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be distinguished from 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFEA312F62F1FF75FC67FF4F" ID-CoL="b88b6290-dd8e-4102-bfc6-38625dfe8e13" authorityName="Wang" authorityYear="2009" box="[761,940,224,248]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="pilatoi">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F62F1FF75FC67FF4F" box="[761,940,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius pilatoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by: lacking lunules; clearly longer placoids (the 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F60C1FE90FF14FEAB" box="[201,223,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
values of the first and second placoids are about 19–22 and 15–19 respectively in the new species, and about 13–14 and 9 respectively in 
<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFEA312F61D8FEBDFD4AFEF7" ID-CoL="b88b6290-dd8e-4102-bfc6-38625dfe8e13" authorityName="Wang" authorityYear="2009" box="[464,641,296,320]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="pilatoi">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F61D8FEBDFD4AFEF7" box="[464,641,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius pilatoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (see figures 1A, and 2B in 
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); stylet supports inserted on the buccal tube in a more cephalic position (
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F6255FED8FDB8FED3" box="[605,627,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">pt</emphasis>
= 65.7–68.0 in the new species, 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F647CFED9FAEDFED3" box="[1140,1318,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius pilatoi</emphasis>
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according to 
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; and higher values relative to the claw lengths (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F65B3A61FFEA312F60CFFE01FC3EFD1F" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="545">
The new species is very similar to 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F6257FE01FCE1FE1B" box="[607,810,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius fueginus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) and 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F63CFFE01FB6FFE1B" box="[967,1188,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius saracenus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). However, it differs from 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F612DFE2DFE25FE67" box="[293,494,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius fueginus</emphasis>
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by: having slightly narrower buccal tube (
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= 8.0– 
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the new species, 
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the unique known specimen of 
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,
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luckily of similar body length) (
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); the stylet supports inserted on the buccal tube in a more caudal position (
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= 65.7–68.0 in the new species, 
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. 
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<taxonomicName id="31E441E2FFEA312F64C3FD95FA58FDAF" ID-CoL="43RVQ" authorityName="Pilato &amp; Binda" authorityYear="1996" box="[1227,1427,512,536]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Mixibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="fueginus">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F64C3FD95FA58FDAF" box="[1227,1427,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius fueginus</emphasis>
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) (
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); and in details of the claw shape (they are less slender in the new species (
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C,D and 3B,C) and, in particular, the internal claws have a slightly shorter secondary branch, which narrows more gradually, whereas the internal claws of 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F615FFDF9FDD4FD33" box="[343,543,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius fueginus</emphasis>
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narrow more abruptly and, as a consequence, the branch appear to have a larger proximal portion and a clearly thinner distal portion (
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C,D and 3 B,C).
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="F65B3A61FFEA312F609FF819FCA8F868" blockId="4.[151,1437,1932,2015]" pageId="4" pageNumber="545">
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F609FF819FED9F816" bold="true" box="[151,274,1932,1954]" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F620CF819FDFEF816" bold="true" box="[516,565,1932,1953]" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">A,B:</emphasis>
Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus (slide No. 5779); the peculiar shape (characteristic of the genus) of the apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles (arrows) is evident. 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F63E8F83EFC39F876" bold="true" box="[992,1010,1963,1985]" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">C</emphasis>
, Claws of the third pair of legs (slide No. 5779). 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEA312F60D6F85FFF3CF868" bold="true" box="[222,247,1994,2015]" pageId="4" pageNumber="545" phylum="Tardigrada">D,</emphasis>
Claws of the hind legs (slide No. 5774). Scale bars = 10 µm.
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEB312E609FFC66FE9AFBBE" bold="true" box="[151,337,1011,1033]" pageId="5" pageNumber="546" phylum="Tardigrada">FIGURE 3. A–C,</emphasis>
Holotype of 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEB312E61D1FC66FD44FBBE" box="[473,655,1011,1033]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="546" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius fueginus</emphasis>
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(slide No. 4335): 
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, Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus. 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEB312E6490FC61FB62FBBE" bold="true" box="[1176,1193,1012,1033]" pageId="5" pageNumber="546" phylum="Tardigrada">B</emphasis>
, Claws of the third pair of legs. 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEB312E60E0FB87FF31FB9F" bold="true" box="[232,250,1042,1064]" pageId="5" pageNumber="546" phylum="Tardigrada">C</emphasis>
, Claws of the hind legs. Scale bars 
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10 µm.
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEB312E609FF83CFED9F809" bold="true" box="[151,274,1961,1983]" pageId="5" pageNumber="546" phylum="Tardigrada">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFEB312E6110F83CFE15F808" box="[280,478,1961,1983]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="546" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius saracenus</emphasis>
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. 
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Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of holotype (slide No. 1701). 
<emphasis id="C490E673FFEB312E6452F83CFBBBF809" bold="true" box="[1114,1136,1961,1982]" pageId="5" pageNumber="546" phylum="Tardigrada">B,</emphasis>
Claws of the first and second pair of legs (slide No. 4099). 
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Claws of the hind legs (slide No. 4099). Scale bars 
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10 µm.
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFE8312D60CFFF0DFEAAFF07" box="[199,353,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="547" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius felix</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFE8312D6161FF02FE76FF07" bold="true" box="[361,445,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="547" phylum="Tardigrada">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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differs from 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFE8312D6252FF0DFCFEFF07" box="[602,821,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="547" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius saracenus</emphasis>
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by: having eye spots; narrower buccal tube (
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= 8.0– 
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the new species, 
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<emphasis id="C490E673FFE8312D6237FF29FCD1FF63" box="[575,794,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="547" phylum="Tardigrada">Mixibius saracenus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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and 
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A,B and 4A); and in the claw shape: the basal portion is shorter and stouter, and both branches are shorter and stouter in the new species (
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C,D and 4B,C).
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