Diaforobiotus, Guidetti & Rebecchi & Bertolani & Jonsson & Kristensen & Cesari, 2016

Guidetti, Roberto, Rebecchi, Lorena, Bertolani, Roberto, Jonsson, Kjell Ingemar, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Cesari, Michele, 2016, Morphological and molecular analyses on Richtersius (Eutardigrada) diversity reveal its new systematic position and lead to the establishment of a new genus and a new family within Macrobiotoidea, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178 (4), pp. 834-845 : 843

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12428

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5460949

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0394F904-FFE2-FFF6-FEB3-F92FFCDEFE7E

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Marcus

scientific name

Diaforobiotus
status

gen. nov.

DIAFOROBIOTUS GEN. NOV.

Description: Peribuccal lamellae (ten) and ventral lamina present. A dorsal thickening present in the anterior portion of the buccal tube, in conjunction with a large tooth on the internal surface of the tube. Some strong, scattered round teeth present posterior to the second band of teeth of the buccal armature present.

Type species. Macrobiotus islandicus Richters, 1904 . Etymology. Diaforobiotus , from diaforos (Greek) = different, different from all other macrobiotoid genera.

Composition. Diaforobiotus islandicus (Richters, 1904) .

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