Litoribates, Pfingstl, Tobias & Schatz, Heinrich, 2017
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.2 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:43D2EF53-0A38-437A-A704-3808DDC35B62 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5621219 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/606587A5-FFC8-2A3E-ABD4-FCC7FD212530 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Litoribates |
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gen. nov. |
Litoribates View in CoL gen. nov.
Diagnosis. Medium sized (307–342 µm body length) brown sclerotized intertidal mites. Lamellar ridges present, slender and located close to lateral face of prodorsum. Sensillus slightly fusiform, pectinate. Bothridium incorporated, not projecting. Notogaster circular with 14 pairs of setae. Epimeral setation 3-1-2-2. Four pairs of genital setae. Anal plates clearly triangular. Trochanter III and IV with obvious dorsal spur. Femoral carinae on legs I and II absent. All genua with bulgy ventral transversal ridge. Juveniles with slightly foveate centrodorsal plate.
Type species: Litoribates caelestis sp. nov.
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