Milnesium bohleberi  Bartels, Nelson, Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2014

 

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  1. Names
  2. Description
  3. Images
  4. Morphometry
  5. Molecular data
  6. Distribution
  7. Sources
     

1. Former names and synonyms

      None.

 


2. Description
 

Population

Description

Source

Contributor

Type series

  1. Habitus
    Body white, eyes present.

  2. Cuticle
    Cuticle smooth, without granulation, pseudopores, pores, or reticulations. Two cephalic papillae positioned laterally.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Eggs
    Oval, smooth and deposited in exuvium.

  6. Remarks
    None.

Bartels et al. (2014)

£. Michalczyk, £. Kaczmarek, P. Bartels, D. Nelson

 


3. Images
 

Population

Habitus

Cuticle

Buccal apparatus

Claws

Eggs

Contributor

Type series

[holotype|ventral view.1a|×20|PCM]
[holotype|ventral view.1b|×20|PCM]
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[holotype|ventral view.1a|×40|PCM]
[holotype|ventral view.1b|×100|PCM]
[holotype|claws III.1a|×100|PCM]
[holotype|claws III.1a|×100|PCM]
[paratype|claws IV.1a|×100|PCM]
[paratype|claws IV.1b|×100|PCM]
[paratype|claws IV.1c|×100|PCM]
[paratype|claws IV.1d|×100|PCM]

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£. Michalczyk, £. Kaczmarek, P. Bartels, D. Nelson

 


4. Morphometry
 

Population

Data

Source

Contributor

Type series

[10]

Bartels et al. (2014)

£. Michalczyk, £. Kaczmarek, P. Bartels, D. Nelson

 


5. Molecular data
 

Population

Sequence

GenBank

Source

Contributor

Type series

?

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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