Macrobiotus

Tumanov, Denis V., 2005, Notes on the Tardigrada of Thailand, with a description of Macrobiotus alekseevi sp. nov. (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae), Zootaxa 999, pp. 1-16 : 11

Macrobiotus sp. ( Figs. 45, 46 )

Sample 2 (6 specimens).

In having two macroplacoids and microplacoid, claws of hufelandi ­ type and single long dorsal crest in the caudal portion of the buccal cavity this species is similar to some species of the hufelandi group of Macrobiotus species, but the exact taxonomic identification of this species could not be stated in the absence of eggs.

Figures

FIGURES 42 – 49. Calcarobiotus filmeri. 42 — claws of the I pair of legs, 43 — general appearance of the eggs, 44 — part of the egg surface. Macrobiotus sp. 45 — bucco­pharyngeal apparatus, dorsal, 46 — claws of the I pair of legs. Diphascon sp. 47 — cephalic part of the body. Doryphoribius sp. 48 — bucco­pharyngeal apparatus, 49 — claws of the IV pair of legs (phase contrast).