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Milnesium bohleberi
Bartels, Nelson,
Kaczmarek & Michalczyk,
2014
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- Names
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Description
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Morphometry
- Molecular data
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Distribution
- Sources
1. Former names and synonyms
None.
2. Description
Population |
Description |
Source |
Contributor |
Type series |
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Habitus
Body white, eyes present.
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Cuticle
Cuticle smooth, without granulation,
pseudopores, pores, or reticulations. Two cephalic papillae
positioned laterally.
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Buccal
apparatus
Mouth anterior. Six peribuccal
papillae (ventral papilla smallest) and six peribuccal lamellae
(of equal size) around the mouth opening. Buccal apparatus of the Milnesium
type. Buccal tube wide and short (standard width on average 59% of
its length), and funnel-shaped, wider anteriorly (posterior diameter
on average 84% of the anterior diameter). Pharyngeal bulb elongated,
pear-shaped and without placoids or septulum.
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Legs and claws
Claws of the Milnesium type,
slender. Primary branches on all legs with small, but distinct
accessory points detaching from the branch at its greatest
curvature. Secondary branches with rounded basal thickenings. All
secondary branches on all legs with three points (claw
configuration: [3-3]-[3-3]). Single, long transverse, cuticular bars
under claws I-III present.
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Eggs
Oval, smooth and deposited in exuvium.
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Remarks
None.
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Bartels
et al. (2014) |
£. Michalczyk,
£. Kaczmarek,
P. Bartels,
D. Nelson |
3. Images
4. Morphometry
5. Molecular data
Population |
Sequence |
GenBank |
Source |
Contributor |
Type series |
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n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
6. Distribution
Sample |
Coordinates |
Altitude |
Location name |
Substrate |
Collection date |
Source |
Contributor |
USA.0
(locus typicus) |
35°35'06''N
83°04'29''W |
1 515 m asl |
USA, North Carolina, Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
Purchase Knob |
moss and lichen from tree |
07.2001 |
Bartels
et al. (2014) |
£. Michalczyk,
£. Kaczmarek,
P. Bartels,
D. Nelson |
7. Sources
Bartels, P.J., Nelson, D.R., Kaczmarek, £. & Michalczyk, £.
(2014) The genus Milnesium (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada:
Milnesiidae) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina
and Tennessee, USA), with the description of Milnesium bohleberi
sp. nov. Zootaxa, 3826(2): 356-368.
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