Echiniscus canadensis J. Murray, 1910
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.180650 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6234511 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F6611419-CE25-FF49-EBD4-172EFA06F99C |
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Plazi |
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Echiniscus canadensis J. Murray, 1910 |
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Echiniscus canadensis J. Murray, 1910 View in CoL
Material examined. One two-clawed larva from Faial Island (Parque Florestal); eleven specimens (four larvae, five females, two specimens of unknown sex) from Pico Island (Lages do Pico). All the specimens were mounted in Hoyer’s medium with a small amount of potassium iodide.
Filament A, very short spine E, filament C d and spine D d and the pattern of cuticular sculpture typical of the species ( Ramazzotti & Maucci, 1983) were present in all the studied specimens.
Body length 109–142 µm for the two-clawed larvae, 206–281 µm for the adults.
The species is recorded from various localities of the Palaearctic region and in North and South America.
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