Description of Megastygarctides sezginii sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from the Turkish Black Sea coast and a key to the genus Megastygarctides |
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| Authors: | Derya Ürkmez Marta Ostrowska Milena Roszkowska Magdalena Gawlak Krzysztof Zawierucha Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Scientific and Technological Research and Application Center, Sinop University, Sinop, Turkey;2. Department of Avian Biology and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, Poland;3. Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, Poland;4. The Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland;5. Laboratory of Fish Genetics,Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Libechov, Czech Republic;6. Section of Biosystematics, Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, Megastygarctides sezginii sp. nov., a new marine species from the Black Sea (Turkey), is described. Morphological and morphometric studies have revealed that M. sezginii sp. nov. is most similar to M. setoloso Morgan & O’Reilly, 1988, but differs from it through the presence of two types of fibrils, a lack of cuticle granulation, the presence of three lateral projections with fibrils, leg fibrils arranged in transverse stripes and the presence of clumps of fibrils near the clavae. In the studied environment, the new species is frequently found in summer and almost absent in winter. Additionally, a taxonomic key for all Megastygarctides species is presented. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:53AA1D57-8700-4A18-9099-1CDDBAEB4D3A |
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| Keywords: | Tomas Cedhagen |
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