Ramazzottius belubellus, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Hypsibiidae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina, USA)

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作者
Bartels, Paul J. [1 ]
Nelson, Diane R. [2 ]
Kaczmarek, Lukasz [3 ]
Michalczyk, Lukasz [4 ]
机构
[1] Warren Wilson Coll, Dept Biol, Asheville, NC 28815 USA
[2] E Tennessee State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA
[3] Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Dept Anim Taxon & Ecol, PL-61614 Poznan, Poland
[4] Univ E Anglia, Sch Biol Sci, Ctr Ecol Evolut & Conservat, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England
关键词
all taxa biodiversity inventory; Great Smokey Mountain National Park; water bears;
D O I
10.2988/10-13.1
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A new species, Ramazzottius belubellus, is described from a single lichen sample collected in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in western North Carolina, U.S.A. The new species is easily distinguishable from all other members of the genus Ramazzottius by the presence of long dorsal, sharp triangular spines not arranged in transverse bands as opposed to small tubercles arranged in bands, or a thin reticulum, or a smooth cuticle present in all other described species of the genus. The new species could be confused with R. baumanni but differs from it by the presence of sharp triangular spines on the dorsal side of the body instead of flat, hemispherical tubercles.
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