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
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Diaforobiotus
status	gen. nov.

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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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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Tardigrada
Class	Eutardigrada
Order	Parachela
Family	Richtersiidae

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