Contribution to the fresh water Tardigrada from Barentsøya, Svalbard (78°30'N)

Fifteen species and one subspecies of Tardigrada were found in the littoral zone of 18 fresh water bodies on the Talaveraflya. All taxa are new records for Barentsøya; Hypsibius antarcticus and Macrobiotus dianeae were not previously reported from Svalbard. A faunal survey (comprising 30 taxa) for...

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Main Authors: E.A. Van Rompu, Willem H. De Smet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1991-12-01
Series:Fauna Norvegica
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Online Access:https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/6057