A new species of Ramazzottius (Tardigrada, Hypsibiidae) in a rain gutter sediment from England |
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| Authors: | ROBERTO BERTOLANI IAN M KINCHIN |
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| Institution: | Department of Animal Biology, University of Modena, Via Università14, 41100 Modena, Italy;Biological Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, England |
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| Abstract: | Five species of tardigrades were extracted from a sample of sediment from a rain gutter. Four of these, the heterotardigrade Echiniscus testudo and the eutardigrades Milnesium tardigradum, Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri , and probably Macrobiotus cf. sandrae are typical of xerophilous habitats. The fifth species, Ramazzottius varieornatus sp. nov. , is new to science, and it can be readily distinguished from the others of the same genus by egg shell morphology, placoids and the type of cuticle. |
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| Keywords: | Tardigrada-Eutardigrada Ramazzottius taxonomy rain gutter sediment |
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