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), in the neighbourhood of the town; moss sample:
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(slide No. 2754),
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(slides No. 2753 and 2754), and
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(slides No. 2731 and 2752) collected in 1975 by the colleagues Francesco Furnari and Salvatore Brullo (
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.
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&amp;
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collection (
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of the
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,
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.
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A
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E,
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specimens from the
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. A, Buccal-pharyngeal apparatus. B, Claws of the first and second pairs of legs. C, Internal claw of the first pair of legs. D, Internal claw of the third pair of legs. E, Claws of the second pair of legs. Arrow indicates a visible lunule. Scale bar = 10 µm.
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Cuticle ornamentation and colour (5 longitudinal and 9 transverse pigmented bands) as usually in
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; eye spots absent; a pair of elliptical cephalic organs present; buccal-pharyngeal apparatus of
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(
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variant), pharyngeal bulb with two macroplacoids; microplacoid and septulum absent; claws of
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; small lunules, difficult to see, present. Eggs, laid free, with hemispherical and, very rarely, trunco-conical and conical processes.
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Description of the
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Body length 286 µm; colour (5 longitudinal and 9 transverse reddish bands separated by unpigmented bands) and cuticular ornamentation as usually in
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</taxonomicName>
; polygonal tubercles, less visible in the anterior portion of the body and more visible in the posterior portion, are present having diameter up to 2.6 µm (
<figureCitation id="130C2A394C67453CFEBDF808EDFF6BCC" box="[322,413,1949,1973]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1403,1426]" captionTargetBox="[159,1424,194,1372]" captionTargetId="figure-332@7.[151,1436,167,1400]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5. A, Ramazzottius sp. with smooth cuticle from Sweden. Claws of the second pair of legs. BD, Ramazzottius libycus sp. nov. B, Cuticle ornamentation (paratype). C, Buccal-pharyngeal apparatus of the holotype. D, Claws of the second pair of legs of the holotype. Scale bar = 10 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981774" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5981774/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="275">Fig. 5B</figureCitation>
); eye spots absent; a paired of cephalic, elliptical, organs present as ascertained in most species of the genus; buccal-pharyngeal apparatus of
<taxonomicName id="4C374D3F4C67453CFD13F854EF3E6BA0" authorityName="Ehrenberg" authorityYear="1848" box="[748,860,1985,2009]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Hypsibius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="5" pageNumber="275" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C67453CFD13F854EF3E6BA0" box="[748,860,1985,2009]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="275">Hypsibius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
type (
<taxonomicName id="4C374D3F4C67453CFC5BF854E85B6BA1" authorityName="Binda &amp; Pilato" authorityYear="1987" box="[932,1081,1985,2008]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Ramazzottius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="5" pageNumber="275" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C67453CFC5BF854E85B6BA1" box="[932,1081,1985,2008]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="275">Ramazzottius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
variant) i.e. with rigid buccal tube without ventral lamina, dorsal and ventral apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles in shape of blunt hooks, asymmetrical with respect to the frontal plane; peribuccal lamellae and peribuccal papulae absent (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA64B4D4C65453EFAC3F98AED446A25" author="Pilato, G. &amp; Binda M. G." pageId="7" pageNumber="277" pagination="1 - 54" refId="ref5254" refString="Pilato, G. &amp; Binda M. G. (2010) Definition of families, subfamilies. genera and subgenera of the Eutardigrada, and keys to their identification. Zootaxa, 2404, 1 - 54." type="journal article" year="2010">Pilato &amp; Binda, 2010</bibRefCitation>
). Buccal tube, 29 µm long (with a slightly thicker tube wall immediately caudally to the insertion of the stylet supports) (
<figureCitation id="130C2A394C65453EFE81F9F2EDB46A06" box="[382,470,1639,1663]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1403,1426]" captionTargetBox="[159,1424,194,1372]" captionTargetId="figure-332@7.[151,1436,167,1400]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5. A, Ramazzottius sp. with smooth cuticle from Sweden. Claws of the second pair of legs. BD, Ramazzottius libycus sp. nov. B, Cuticle ornamentation (paratype). C, Buccal-pharyngeal apparatus of the holotype. D, Claws of the second pair of legs of the holotype. Scale bar = 10 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981774" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5981774/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">Fig. 5C</figureCitation>
), and 1.5 µm wide internally (
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFCD1F9FCEFEB6AF9" box="[814,905,1640,1664]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">pt = 5.2</emphasis>
). Stylet supports inserted on the buccal tube at 60 % of its length (
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFE84F918EDF36ADD" box="[379,401,1677,1700]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">pt</emphasis>
=
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFE4BF919ED876ADD" box="[436,485,1676,1700]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">60.0</emphasis>
). Pharyngeal bulb with apophyses and two short macroplacoids; microplacoid and septulum absent (
<figureCitation id="130C2A394C65453EFE9DF93AEDDF6ABE" box="[354,445,1711,1735]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1403,1426]" captionTargetBox="[159,1424,194,1372]" captionTargetId="figure-332@7.[151,1436,167,1400]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5. A, Ramazzottius sp. with smooth cuticle from Sweden. Claws of the second pair of legs. BD, Ramazzottius libycus sp. nov. B, Cuticle ornamentation (paratype). C, Buccal-pharyngeal apparatus of the holotype. D, Claws of the second pair of legs of the holotype. Scale bar = 10 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981774" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5981774/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">Fig. 5C</figureCitation>
); first macroplacoid 3.9 µm long (
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFCABF924EF086AB1" box="[852,874,1713,1736]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">pt</emphasis>
=
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFC71F925EFDD6AB1" box="[910,959,1712,1736]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">13.4</emphasis>
), second 3.1 µm long (
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFB2AF924E8896AB1" box="[1237,1259,1713,1736]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">pt</emphasis>
=
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFAEFF925E9236AB1" box="[1296,1345,1712,1736]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">10.7</emphasis>
); entire placoid row 7.6 µm long (
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFE43F940EDB06A95" box="[444,466,1749,1772]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">pt</emphasis>
= 26.2).
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF4866344C64453FFF68F855E81D6BAF" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981770" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5981770" box="[151,1151,1984,2007]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5981770/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="276" startId="6.[151,250,1984,2007]" targetBox="[241,1351,210,1928]" targetPageId="6">
<paragraph id="8B8836BC4C64453FFF68F855E81D6BAF" blockId="6.[151,1151,1984,2007]" box="[151,1151,1984,2007]" pageId="6" pageNumber="276">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C64453FFF68F855ED706BAE" bold="true" box="[151,274,1984,2007]" pageId="6" pageNumber="276">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
A
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C64453FFED4F857ED556BAE" box="[299,311,1986,2007]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="276"></emphasis>
B,
<taxonomicName id="4C374D3F4C64453FFEAAF857EDBE6BAE" authorityName="Binda &amp; Pilato" authorityYear="1987" box="[341,476,1986,2007]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Ramazzottius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="6" pageNumber="276" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C64453FFEAAF857EDBE6BAE" box="[341,476,1986,2007]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="276">Ramazzottius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
egg from the
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C64453FFD95F854EE8C6BAE" box="[618,750,1985,2007]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="276">locus typicus</emphasis>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C374D3F4C64453FFCF0F857EFD36BAE" authorityName="Doyere" authorityYear="1840" box="[783,945,1985,2007]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Macrobiotidae" genus="Macrobiotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="6" pageNumber="276" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="oberhaeuseri">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C64453FFCF0F857EFD36BAE" box="[783,945,1985,2007]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="276">R. oberhaeuseri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Scale bar = 10 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8B8836BC4C65453EFF68FAEEEE1469B6" blockId="7.[151,1436,1403,1487]" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFF68FAEEED7469E8" bold="true" box="[151,278,1403,1426]" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
A,
<taxonomicName id="4C374D3F4C65453EFEBDFAE9ED9269E8" box="[322,496,1404,1425]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Ramazzottius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="7" pageNumber="277" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFEBDFAE9EDAB69E8" box="[322,457,1404,1425]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">Ramazzottius</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFE2DFAE9ED9269E8" bold="true" box="[466,496,1404,1425]" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with smooth cuticle from Sweden. Claws of the second pair of legs. B
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFB19FAE9E89069E8" box="[1254,1266,1404,1425]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277"></emphasis>
D,
<taxonomicName id="4C374D3F4C65453EFAEAFAE9ECBD69C9" authority="Pilato &amp; DUrso &amp; Lisi, 2013" authorityName="Pilato &amp; DUrso &amp; Lisi" authorityYear="2013" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Ramazzottius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="7" pageNumber="277" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="libycus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFAEAFAE9ECBD69C9" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">Ramazzottius libycus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFF1AFA0EED5469C9" bold="true" box="[229,310,1435,1456]" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27057D54C65453EFF1AFA0EED5469C9" box="[229,310,1435,1456]" pageId="7" pageNumber="277" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
B, Cuticle ornamentation (paratype). C, Buccal-pharyngeal apparatus of the holotype. D, Claws of the second pair of legs of the holotype. Scale bar = 10 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B8836BC4C65453EFF38F962EC846B91" blockId="7.[151,1436,1532,2024]" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">
Claws, of
<taxonomicName id="4C374D3F4C65453EFEC4F96DEDB26B76" authorityName="Binda &amp; Pilato" authorityYear="1987" box="[315,464,1784,1807]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Ramazzottius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="7" pageNumber="277" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFEC4F96DEDB26B76" box="[315,464,1784,1807]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">Ramazzottius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="548C881E4C65453EFE27F96DEE6A6B69" box="[472,520,1784,1808]" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">type</typeStatus>
(
<figureCitation id="130C2A394C65453EFDE7F962EEF36B76" box="[536,657,1783,1807]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1403,1426]" captionTargetBox="[159,1424,194,1372]" captionTargetId="figure-332@7.[151,1436,167,1400]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5. A, Ramazzottius sp. with smooth cuticle from Sweden. Claws of the second pair of legs. BD, Ramazzottius libycus sp. nov. B, Cuticle ornamentation (paratype). C, Buccal-pharyngeal apparatus of the holotype. D, Claws of the second pair of legs of the holotype. Scale bar = 10 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981774" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5981774/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">Fig. 5C, D</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130C2A394C65453EFD35F962EF726B76" box="[714,784,1783,1807]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1966]" captionTargetBox="[206,1381,229,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-68@8.[178,1414,193,1919]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. AD, Ramazzottius libycus sp. nov. A, claws of the hind legs of the holotype. Arrow indicates a visible lunule. B, Claws of the hind legs of a paratype. Arrows indicate visible lunules. C, D, Eggs. Arrows indicate some conical or truncoconical processes. Scale bar = 10 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981778" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5981778/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">6A, B</figureCitation>
), well developed; length of external and internal claws of the third pair of legs 19.1 µm (
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFE01F888EE766B4D" box="[510,532,1821,1844]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">pt</emphasis>
=
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFDC9F889EE056B4D" box="[566,615,1820,1844]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">65.9</emphasis>
) and 11.2 µm (
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFCE3F888EF506B4D" box="[796,818,1821,1844]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">pt</emphasis>
=
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFCABF889EFE76B4D" box="[852,901,1820,1844]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">38.6</emphasis>
), respectively; length of posterior and anterior claws of the hind legs 24.6 µm (
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFE00F8D4EE776B21" box="[511,533,1857,1880]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">pt</emphasis>
=
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFDCCF8D5EE066B21" box="[563,612,1856,1880]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">84.8</emphasis>
) and 12.2 µm (
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFCEDF8D4EF4A6B21" box="[786,808,1857,1880]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">pt</emphasis>
=
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C65453EFCBAF8D5EF146B21" box="[837,886,1856,1880]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">42.1</emphasis>
), respectively. Due to the difficulty in measuring the total length of the external claws, we provided the separate lengths of the sclerified portions of the main branches and the basal portion + secondary branch in
<tableCitation id="C6B503074C65453EFD09F81DEF286BD9" box="[758,842,1928,1952]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,241,259,283]" captionText="TABLE 1. Length (in µm) and other parameters of selected structures (using, where possible, animals with similar body length), for two specimens of Ramazzottius thulini, two R. oberhaeuseri from the locus typicus, one Swedish Ramazzottius sp. (with smooth cuticle), and three Ramazzottius libycus sp. nov. Due to the variable orientation of the external claws, only the length of the sclerified portion of the main branch and basal portion + secondary branch of each claw have been measured. Pt ratios in italics." pageId="7" pageNumber="277">Table 1</tableCitation>
. Thin accessory points present on the main branches of all claws. Small, difficult to see, lunules present on all legs (
<figureCitation id="130C2A394C65453EFCA3F839EFB56BBD" box="[860,983,1964,1988]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1966]" captionTargetBox="[206,1381,229,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-68@8.[178,1414,193,1919]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. AD, Ramazzottius libycus sp. nov. A, claws of the hind legs of the holotype. Arrow indicates a visible lunule. B, Claws of the hind legs of a paratype. Arrows indicate visible lunules. C, D, Eggs. Arrows indicate some conical or truncoconical processes. Scale bar = 10 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981778" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5981778/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="277">Fig. 6A, B</figureCitation>
). Other cuticular thickening on the legs, absent.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8836BC4C6A4531FF68F802EE776B8B" blockId="8.[151,1437,1943,2034]" pageId="8" pageNumber="278">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6A4531FF68F802ED716BD7" bold="true" box="[151,275,1943,1966]" pageId="8" pageNumber="278">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
A
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6A4531FED3F80CED5A6BD7" box="[300,312,1945,1966]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="278"></emphasis>
D,
<taxonomicName id="4C374D3F4C6A4531FEA8F80CEE4E6BD7" authority="Pilato &amp; DUrso &amp; Lisi, 2013" authorityName="Pilato &amp; DUrso &amp; Lisi" authorityYear="2013" box="[343,556,1944,1966]" class="Eutardigrada" family="Hypsibiidae" genus="Ramazzottius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Parachela" pageId="8" pageNumber="278" phylum="Tardigrada" rank="species" species="libycus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6A4531FEA8F80CEE4E6BD7" box="[343,556,1944,1966]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="278">Ramazzottius libycus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6A4531FDCCF80DEEE16BD4" bold="true" box="[563,643,1944,1965]" pageId="8" pageNumber="278">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27057D54C6A4531FDCCF80DEEE16BD4" box="[563,643,1944,1965]" pageId="8" pageNumber="278" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
A, claws of the hind legs of the holotype. Arrow indicates a visible lunule. B, Claws of the hind legs of a paratype. Arrows indicate visible lunules. C, D, Eggs. Arrows indicate some conical or truncoconical processes. Scale bar = 10 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B8836BC4C6B4530FF38FF0DEE5A6D65" blockId="9.[150,1437,151,1328]" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">
Eggs laid freely (
<figureCitation id="130C2A394C6B4530FE6EFF02EE6A6CD6" box="[401,520,151,175]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1966]" captionTargetBox="[206,1381,229,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-68@8.[178,1414,193,1919]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. AD, Ramazzottius libycus sp. nov. A, claws of the hind legs of the holotype. Arrow indicates a visible lunule. B, Claws of the hind legs of a paratype. Arrows indicate visible lunules. C, D, Eggs. Arrows indicate some conical or truncoconical processes. Scale bar = 10 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981778" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5981778/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">Fig. 6C,D</figureCitation>
); we found
<specimenCount id="9D31FD354C6B4530FD69FF02EF6E6CC9" box="[662,780,151,176]" pageId="9" pageNumber="279" type="egg">three eggs</specimenCount>
but only one is measurable; its the diameter is 60.0 µm excluding and 64.0 µm including processes; there are 16 processes in the circumference and
<quantity id="4CCF9B594C6B4530FB55FF29E8816CAD" box="[1194,1251,188,212]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2192" pageId="9" pageNumber="279" unit="in" value="48.0">48 in</quantity>
the hemisphere. Most processes are hemispherical, 3.0
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FDC0FF74EE2F6C81" box="[575,589,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279"></emphasis>
3.4 µm high, with the basal diameter 8.0
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FBF0FF74E87F6C81" box="[1039,1053,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279"></emphasis>
8.6 µm. Few processes are truncoconical or conical in shape (
<figureCitation id="130C2A394C6B4530FE2FFE91EE496D65" box="[464,555,260,284]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1966]" captionTargetBox="[206,1381,229,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-68@8.[178,1414,193,1919]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. AD, Ramazzottius libycus sp. nov. A, claws of the hind legs of the holotype. Arrow indicates a visible lunule. B, Claws of the hind legs of a paratype. Arrows indicate visible lunules. C, D, Eggs. Arrows indicate some conical or truncoconical processes. Scale bar = 10 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981778" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5981778/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">Fig. 6D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32D65374C6B4530FF38FEBDED926D1D" pageId="9" pageNumber="279" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8836BC4C6B4530FF38FEBDED926D1D" blockId="9.[150,1437,151,1328]" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FF38FEBDED596D39" bold="true" box="[199,315,296,320]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279" reason="1">Remarks.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="548C881E4C6B4530FEBCFEBDEDD26D39" box="[323,432,296,320]" pageId="9" pageNumber="279" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
similar to the
<typeStatus id="548C881E4C6B4530FDAAFEB2EED56D46" box="[597,695,295,319]" pageId="9" pageNumber="279" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
in both qualitative and metric characters: Measurements of some structures are given in
<tableCitation id="C6B503074C6B4530FE69FED9ED886D1D" box="[406,490,332,356]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,241,259,283]" captionText="TABLE 1. Length (in µm) and other parameters of selected structures (using, where possible, animals with similar body length), for two specimens of Ramazzottius thulini, two R. oberhaeuseri from the locus typicus, one Swedish Ramazzottius sp. (with smooth cuticle), and three Ramazzottius libycus sp. nov. Due to the variable orientation of the external claws, only the length of the sclerified portion of the main branch and basal portion + secondary branch of each claw have been measured. Pt ratios in italics." pageId="9" pageNumber="279">Table 1</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32D65374C6B4530FF38FEE5E8C56DFE" box="[199,1191,367,392]" pageId="9" pageNumber="279" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B8836BC4C6B4530FF38FEE5E8C56DFE" blockId="9.[150,1437,151,1328]" box="[199,1191,367,392]" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FF38FEE5ED2F6DF1" bold="true" box="[199,333,368,392]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279" reason="1">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name refers to the geographic area (
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) of the
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(Barce).
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FF38FE06EDAD6DD5" bold="true" box="[199,463,403,428]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279" reason="1">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
For many characters of the adults and the eggs,
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FC07FE00E8866DD5" box="[1016,1252,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">Ramazzottius libycus</emphasis>
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.
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is very similar to
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FEF7FE2CEDD86DA9" box="[264,442,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. oberhaeuseri</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FE0FFE2CEE3A6DA9" box="[496,600,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. thulini</emphasis>
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. However, it differs from
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FC84FE2CE84F6DA9" box="[891,1069,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. oberhaeuseri</emphasis>
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in having slightly shorter buccal tube with respect to the body length (% ratio = 10.0
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.
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,11.5
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12.0 in
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FB66FE48E9286D8D" box="[1177,1354,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. oberhaeuseri</emphasis>
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); more slender internal claws I
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III and anterior claws IV (
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,
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and
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3C
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E
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) with higher values of the
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index (
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); higher
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values of the sclerified portion of both the main branches and basal portion + secondary branch in the external claws; the percent ratio between these portions of the claw is the same in the legs I
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FB23FDDCE8886E19" box="[1244,1258,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279"></emphasis>
III but higher in the hind legs (
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). The eggs have a lower number of processes in the hemisphere (
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.
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,
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57
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60 in
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FEFDFD04EDD76ED1" box="[258,437,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. oberhaeuseri</emphasis>
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), but the number of eggs we examined is too low for us to know the range of individual variability of this character and therefore whether or not this is a significant difference.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FF38FD4CED556E89" box="[199,311,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. libycus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FEBFFD4DEDF66E89" bold="true" box="[320,404,728,752]" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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, differs from
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FDC5FD4CEEC66E89" box="[570,676,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. thulini</emphasis>
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in having polygonal tubercles also in the anterior extremity of the body, slightly shorter buccal tube with respect to the body length (% ratio = 10.0
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FBE1FD68E84E6F6D" box="[1054,1068,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279"></emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FB7EFD68E88D6F6D" box="[1153,1263,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. libycus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FB09FD69E92B6F6D" bold="true" box="[1270,1353,764,788]" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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, 11.6
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12.0 in
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FF13FCB4ED366F41" box="[236,340,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. thulini</emphasis>
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); stylet supports inserted on the buccal tube in a slightly more caudal position (
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=
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FF68FCD0ED676F25" box="[151,261,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. libycus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FEF3FCD1ED3F6F25" bold="true" box="[268,349,836,860]" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
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:
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); different shape of the internal claws: the main branches of
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FA7BFCD0EC846FF9" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. libycus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FF12FCFDED5D6FF9" bold="true" box="[237,319,872,896]" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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are longer and more slender, and the secondary branches are longer and taper gradually, whereas in
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FF69FC18ED606FDD" box="[150,258,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. thulini</emphasis>
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the secondary branches taper more abruptly (
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,
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and
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); higher
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index values relative to internal claws I
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III and anterior claws IV (
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); in the external claws the
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FB56FC24E8DD6FB1" box="[1193,1215,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">pt</emphasis>
values of both the sclerified portion of the main branches and the basal portion + secondary branches length are higher; in legs I
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III the percent ratio between the length of these structures is the same but it is clearly higher in the hind legs (
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). The eggs have a lower number of processes in the hemisphere (about
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.
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,
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57
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60 in
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), but the limited number of eggs we examined for
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.
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has not provided the range of the individual variability and we cannot say this is a significant difference.
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FF38FB1DEDD168D9" box="[199,435,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">Ramazzottius libycus</emphasis>
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.
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is clearly different from the Swedish smooth specimens, which
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attributed to
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<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FE26FB38EEEF68BD" box="[473,653,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">R. oberhaeuseri</emphasis>
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, in having ornamented cuticle; higher
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index values relative to the internal claws (
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); external claws with larger
<emphasis id="B943EAAE4C6B4530FD2AFB44EE896891" box="[725,747,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="279">pt</emphasis>
values relative to the basal portion + secondary branch (
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,
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and
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;
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) and different percent ratio between the main branch and the basal portion + secondary branch (
<tableCitation id="C6B503074C6B4530FF0EFA82ED276956" box="[241,325,1303,1327]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,241,259,283]" captionText="TABLE 1. Length (in µm) and other parameters of selected structures (using, where possible, animals with similar body length), for two specimens of Ramazzottius thulini, two R. oberhaeuseri from the locus typicus, one Swedish Ramazzottius sp. (with smooth cuticle), and three Ramazzottius libycus sp. nov. Due to the variable orientation of the external claws, only the length of the sclerified portion of the main branch and basal portion + secondary branch of each claw have been measured. Pt ratios in italics." pageId="9" pageNumber="279">Table 1</tableCitation>
). We have no eggs produced by the specimens with smooth cuticle for comparison.
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