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            <p> Dastychius gen. nov.</p>
            <p>Fig. 2.</p>
            <p>Material examined. I examined 15 specimens from Antarctic: Enderby Land: Evening Mountain (67°, 39’S, 46° 06’E). Legit K. Jazdzewki.</p>
            <p>Type repository. 6 specimens (paratypes) are deposited in the Binda and Pilato collection (Department of the Animal Biology, University of Catania, Italy, slide No. 3278); the Holotype is deposited in the Department of Animal Morphology A. Mickiewicz University of Poznan (Poland), and paratypes in the Dastych collection (Zoologisches Museum of Hamburg, Germany), British Antarctic Survey Data Resource Collection (UK), National Museum of Natural History, Washington and National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.</p>
            <p> Diagnosis. Claws of the  Isohypsibius type (Fig. 2 E); double claws of the same leg slightly different in shape and size; rigid buccal tube without ventral lamina but with a dorsal and a ventral apophysis for the insertion of the stylet muscles in shape of long, continuous ridges tailing off caudally and almost reaching the level of the stylet supports (Fig. 2 A, B, C); anterior portion of both apophyses with caudal processes pointing backwards and sideways (Fig. 2 C). At about a quarter the length of the ridged apophyses is an incision and septum (Fig. 2 A, B). Six peribuccal lobes present; peribuccal lamellae absent; structures in the form of peribuccal papulae present (Fig. 2 D), but this should be confirmed. Stylet furcae typically shaped, i.e. the basal portion of the two caudal branches are enlarged with thickened, swollen, and rounded apices (Fig. 2 B); pharyngeal bulb with apophyses and placoids (Fig. 2 C). Lunules present in the monotypic species (Fig. 2 E). Smooth eggs laid in the exuvium. </p>
            <p> Type species. Isohypsibus  improvisus Dastych, 1984 . </p>
            <p> Composition.  Dastychius improvisus comb. nov. (Dastych, 1984) is the only species to date attributable to the new genus. </p>
            <p> Etymology. The name  Dastychius is attributed to the new genus in honour of Hieronym Dastych (University of Hamburg, Germany) author of the type species  Isohypsibius improvisus Dastych, 1984 . </p>
            <p> Remarks.  Ramajendas is currently the only known eutardigrade genus having the AISM in shape of long ridges. Dast y chius clearly differs from  Ramajendas in having all claws of  Isohypsibius type (Fig. 2 E); the external claws of  Ramajendas are of  Hypsibius type with an extremely long main branch. A comparison between  Dastychius gen. nov. and  Ramajendas is particularly interesting as regards the AISM. In  Dastychius gen. nov. the apophyses are longer and gradually thin out caudally (Fig. 2 A, B, C), whereas in  Ramajendas the apophyses are shorter, and the caudal portion ends abruptly (Fig. 3A), not gradually. In  Dastychius gen. nov. , though the apophyses are clearly uninterrupted, a septum is present dividing an anterior and posterior portion (Fig. 2 A, B), which is not visible in  Ramajendas (Fig. 3A). </p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2C238793FFFDFFC6FF103BCDFD0DFEF6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Pilato, Giovanni	Pilato, Giovanni (2013): The taxonomic value of the structures for the insertion of the stylet muscles in the Eutardigrada, and description of a new genus. Zootaxa 3721 (4): 365-378, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3721.4.4
