Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of Tanzania and Uganda

Faunistic survey of Tanzania and Uganda resulted in the finding of eight species belonging to the genus Echiniscus C.A.S. Schultze, 1840, three of which are new to science. Echiniscus belloporus n. sp. has no trunk cirri and dorsal plates densely covered with pores (sculpture of the spinulosus type...

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Main Authors: Piotr Gąsiorek, Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2018-10-01
Series:Tropical Zoology
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Online Access:https://pagepress.org/biology/tz/article/view/39