Doryphoribius

Fontoura, Paulo, Pilato, Giovanni & Lisi, Oscar, 2010, First record of Tardigrada from São Tomé (Gulf of Guinea, Western Equatorial Africa) and description of Pseudechiniscus santomensis sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae), Zootaxa 2564, pp. 31-42 : 38

Doryphoribius sp.

Material examined: One specimen (slide CII92), deposited in the collection of P. Fontoura at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal).

Description: Cuticle with transverse undulations and an indistinct sculpture, which is restricted to the posterior portion of the body, and composed of small and irregularly distributed tubercles. The buccal tube, with ventral strengthening bar, 35.3 µm long and 3.7 µm wide (pt = 10.5) externally; stylet supports inserted at 73.0 % of the buccal tube length; pharyngeal bulb with apophyses, two rod-shaped macroplacoids and no microplacoid; placoids row 13.7 µm long (pt = 38.8); first macroplacoid 9.2 µm long (pt = 26.1), the second 4.6 µm (pt = 13.0).

Claws with short basal portion; main branches with accessory points; external claws with enlarged bases.

Unfortunately the specimen was partially damaged and other characters are not visible; therefore a confident correct specific diagnosis is not possible.