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Milnesium cfr. tardigradum (Milnesiidae, Apochela, Tardigrada): A Monitor of High Altitude Meiofauna on Sub-Antarctic Marion Island |
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| Authors: | Sandra J McInnes Steven L Chown Herbert JG Dartnall Philip JA Pugh |
| Institution: | aBritish Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK bDepartment of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, South Africa cCopper Beeches, 76 Lewes Road, Ditchling, Sussex, UK dDepartment of Life Sciences, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK |
| Abstract: | The meiofaunal tardigrades Milnesium cfr. tardigradum, Echiniscus sp., and Macrobiotus sp. were extracted from high altitude moss and volcanic scoria samples on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Gut contents of mounted Milnesium provided forensic evidence of a previously ignored diverse and abundant meiofauna including trophi of bdelloid rotifers, mouthparts and entire individuals of Diphascon sp. (Tardigrada). |
| Keywords: | Eutardigrada Feeding ecology Rotifera gut contents |
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